CREMONA – It is said that those who live in the memory of those who remain, never die. And it will certainly be impossible to forget Professor Salvatore Dtante, known to all as ‘Rino’, a luminary in the medical field whose teachings are still remembered today by generations of cardiologists: among the founders of hemodynamics, he saved hundreds of lives first at the Niguarda in Milan and then at the Maggiore in Cremona, also thanks to the introduction – among the first in Italy – of diagnostic tests and vascular interventions such as coronagraphs and cardiac catheterizations. Father of Gimmilawyer and mayor of Monticelli d’Ongina, passed away at the age of 92 and the last farewell will be today at 2.30 pm in the parish church of Sant’Agata.
«For me he was a great example – says his son -. Among his passions is reading, which accompanied him until a few months ago at the rate of a book a week». And then science, which led him to work first in the Milanese capital (from 1959 to 1975, also holding the role of head of the Niguarda haemodynamics laboratory) and then in Cremona itself, where from ’75 to ’98 he was head physician cardiologist. Furthermore, he was an Alpine medical officer in Aosta and was still a member of the Monticelli Alpine Group: «Lately he no longer attended the events of the black feathers due to age issues – continues his son –, but he always asked me for updates».
The distant son Gimmi
Attilio Ferrarihis right-hand man first at Niguarda and then at Maggiore, remembers him with admiration and affection: «He was a competent cardiologist who knew how to take responsibility. A leader, who in the early 1970s under the direction of Professor Rovelli revolutionized diagnostics with important tests that made it possible to save a significant amount of people, even children. I must, we must, just say ‘thank you’ to him. When I worked alongside him in Milan, he picked me up every morning at 7, then I moved to Parma but one day, in 1975, he called me and asked me to come back to work with him in Cremona: I accepted immediately. . He taught me cardiology, but also humanity with patients. At the Maggiore he actually set up and built the department, laying the foundations of the current one.”
Also Philip Casolo, a colleague who became a family friend, remembers him with respect and gratitude: «We worked together at Niguarda, where he dealt with valvular and coronary pathologies. He constantly updated himself on equipment and techniques, participating in conferences and even traveling abroad. For example, we went to the United States together. Many came to learn from him. He was a great professional, he taught many».
