From Sassari to Bari to save a life.

Thanks to a donation from Sardinia, a 68-year-old man with a clinical history characterized by a long struggle against severe heart failure has come back to life . "In 2020 - the hospital explains in a note - he had undergone aorto-coronary bypass surgery and, three weeks ago, he had faced a critical episode of heart failure, which had forced him to continue inotropic drug therapies".

The heart transplant, the first of 2025, was performed at the Policlinico of Bari by the Cardiac Surgery team led by Tomaso Bottio.

"The patient - Bottio reconstructs - was placed on the waiting list in July 2024, precisely because of this infarct heart disease that evolved into hypokinetic dilation refractory to conventional treatments". "Heart transplant - he continues - in these cases is the only way to restore adequate functionality and improve the patient's quality of life".

The Regional Transplant Center machine, coordinated by Loreto Gesualdo, verified the compatibility of the donor, "sent the medical flight that took the cardiac surgery team from Bari to Sardinia for the collection of the heart organ". Yesterday afternoon the transplant was finally performed and "the patient is currently in cardiac surgery intensive care for the post-operative hospitalization phase".

(Online Union)

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