The conditions of the 44-year-old from Ogliastra hospitalized in Cardioanesthesia at the Santissima Annunziata hospital in Sassari remain stationary in their seriousness. The woman, positive for Covid and with myocarditis, arrived in the ward on Thursday night, after the transfer took place aboard the Areus helicopter that took off from Tortolì which transported her to Alghero where there was a waiting for the patient. high biocontainment ambulance. The Cardiac Surgery team treated her with Cardiac Ecmo, a method that requires a very complex management and is used on patients who need support for a damaged heart. Within the ward, directed by Dr. Andrea Balata, the Aou health staff has created an adequate path, in compliance with the Covid protocol, and has prepared a dedicated bed isolated from the rest of the structure. The lady was treated in Cardiac Veno-arterial Ecmo, the machine that supports the patient's cardiovascular system, by the Cardiac Surgery team directed by Michele Portuguese. The treatment differs from the Ecmo used up to now, which are of the veno-venous type and carried out on patients with respiratory insufficiency. The patient arrived on Thursday morning in critical condition at the Lanusei hospital where the management activated for the transfer to a specialized center on the island, without however being able to find a place that could accommodate her in a short time. The odyssey of the patient (not vaccinated against Covid) also animated the political debate with a question in the Regional Council of the 5 Star Movement.

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