The consultation includes the evaluation of patients requiring cardiac surgery and may be done at the Outpatient Clinics of the Morgagni Heart Center in Pedara (CT) or at the Medical Office in Marina di Ragusa (RG) upon prior reservation.
Excess cholesterol in the blood can cause Stroke and myocardial infarction. It is one of the major risk factors for atherosclerosis, a pathological basis for the stenosis (narrowing) and the obstruction of the arteries (cerebral and coronary above all) through the atherosclerotic plaque that increases inside the vessels until the occlusion of the blood flow in the artery (infarction).
The purpose of the surgical treatment is to overcome the obstacle constituted by a critical narrowing (stenosis) in one of the coronary arteries through a bridge (bypass) that restores the blood flow over the obstacle, thus favoring the supply of oxygenated blood to the myocardial cells of the coronary area.
Poor anticoagulant therapy is a major cause of prosthetic valve thrombosis. The young patient previously operated for mitral valve replacement with mechanical bileaflet prosthesis …
