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Cardiac transplant procedures in Italy

Overview

Recent medical reports from Italy highlight significant advancements and successful outcomes in complex cardiac transplant procedures.

In Siena, specialists at the Azienda ospedaliero-universitaria Senese completed a rare combined heart and kidney transplant. This procedure, the first of its kind in Tuscany since 2010, involved a multidisciplinary team managing a patient with both severe heart failure and end-stage chronic renal failure. The process utilized a perfusion machine to preserve the donor kidney while the patient stabilized following the initial heart transplant.

Separately, in Turin, doctors at Molinette Hospital performed a life-saving heart transplant on a 19-year-old Mexican medical student. The patient required emergency intervention, including ECMO and a microaxial pump, after suffering a massive heart attack due to a congenital coronary anomaly. Following an eight-hour surgery using a heart donated from Calabria, the patient is recovering.

Entities

Molinette Hospital · Regina · Guido Garosi · San Martino Hospital · Siena

Timeline

  1. 6 days ago

    [HEALTH] 4 sources
    Molinette Hospital performs life-saving heart transplant on Mexican student

    A 19-year-old Mexican medical student survived a life-threatening heart attack in Italy caused by a congenital anomaly, receiving a successful heart transplant at Molinette Hospital in Turin.

  2. 9 days ago

    [HEALTH] 3 sources
    Aou Senese performs rare combined heart and kidney transplant

    Specialists at the Azienda ospedaliero-universitaria Senese in Italy successfully performed a rare combined heart and kidney transplant, the first of its kind in Tuscany since 2010.

Sources

ilvibonese.it · insalutenews.it · lacnews24.it · sienanews.it · tgcom24.mediaset.it · torinotoday.it