The Poliambulanza Foundation of Brescia, with its ‘Valve Team’, made up of heart surgeons and interventional cardiologists, it is the first center in Italy to have taken part in an international clinical trial – which involved 15 hospitals in Europe – and which marks a significant step forward in minimally invasive treatment of aortic valve stenosis, one of the most common diseases of the heart valves that affects about 3% of the population over 75 in Italy. It is about the study ‘Optimize Pro‘, promoted by Medtronic, a company specialized in HealthCare Technology, which involves the use of an innovative procedural technique for the execution of Tavi interventions (Transcatheter aortic valve implantation – transcatheter aortic valve implant), which has led to an evident improvement of clinical outcomes.
The news of the study – reports a note – concern the positioning of the Tavi transcatheter aortic valve, the use of smart glasses during the procedure, as well as the evaluation of innovative protocols relating to the management of patients undergoing Tavi. This latest generation treatment was carried out by Diego Maffeo, head of the Hemodynamics Unit of the Poliambulanza Foundation in Brescia with the team made up of Matteo Saccocci and Luca Bettari. The intervention was remotely observed and guided by the study coordinator, Douglas Fraser of the Manchester Royal Infirmary hospital, thanks to the use of the innovative technology of the smart glasses: interactive glasses equipped with a video camera, earphones, microphone and multimedia content viewer, which allow you to share the same field of vision as the doctor who is performing the surgery.
It is expected that the application of this new positioning method, together with the remote monitoring of any heart rhythm disturbances – concludes the note – may lead to a reduction in hospitalization days and an efficiency of the treatment path, with a double benefit. , both for the patient and for the National Health Service.
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