in Forlì the first heart surgery to prevent stroke without heart surgery

Still a record of Romagna health, which starts from the Cardiology of Forlì, directed by Dr. Marcello Galvani, where an intervention was carried out that reduces the risk of stroke in patients with a high risk of thrombosis originating from the heart. The operation took place at the Forlì-Cesena Hemodynamics Unit, directed by Dr. Fabio Tarantino, in close collaboration with Dr. Alberto Bandini, who directs the arrhythmology service of the Cardiology of Forlì, thanks to a multidisciplinary team of doctors , nurses and technicians and with the help of advanced imaging technologies.

“This surgery – explains Tarantino – is reserved in particular for patients who need anticoagulant therapy, precisely because they are at high risk of thrombosis, but who cannot take these drugs because they present a high risk of bleeding due to as many concomitant pathologies. we carried out consists in excluding the left auricle, where clots can form, then a possible source of thrombus and stroke, by means of a special device that is positioned, using the femoral vein as access, “navigating” and crossing the structures of the heart until you reach the release point “.

“We were able to carry out this operation – continues Tarantino – thanks to a regional document that allowed the start of this activity, without the need for cardiac surgery. In Romagna Forlì was the first center to carry it out, thanks to the organizational model of the Program Company, which provides for the execution of this procedure in the Cardiology Centers of Forlì-Cesena, Ravenna and Rimini, coordinated by Professor Giancarlo Piovaccari “.

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