(ANSA) - ROME, APRIL 26 - New surgical technique of the Fatebenefratelli-Isola Tiberina with the Policlinico Umberto I for a faster and more effective solution in the treatment of ventricular arrhythmias, the most dangerous and feared. In fact, ablative interventions are not always decisive and the repeated occurrence of arrhythmic episodes increases the risk of death.
Thanks to the alternative technique carried out by the Arrhythmology Service of Fatebenefratell with the UOC of Thoracic Surgery and Anesthesia (Transplant Center) of Umberti I today it is possible to act effectively by surgery on this complex problem of the heart with a small incision and a rapid execution. The data collected so far with an average of more than one year of observation have shown a drastic reduction in arrhythmias.
The results of a pilot study have been published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology: ClinicalElectrophysiology (JACC EP) "and the data will be presented at EHRA (European Heart Rhythm Association) and HRS (HeartRhythm Society) conferences in Boston (USA).
" it is about a cardiac denervation operation (modified sympathotomy) - explains the first author of the study, Filippo Maria Cauti, Arithmologist at Fatebenefratelli.
"The minimally invasive approach does not directly touch the heart, but, through a small incision in the armpit, through a camera and a small surgical instrument, acts on the sympathetic nervous system, denervating and therefore" silencing "the nerve afferents responsible for the trigger of cardiac arrhythmias ". (HANDLE).