And ecocardiografo per i young cancer patients hospitalized in the Maria Letizia Verga Center Of Monza. The instrument, donated thanks to the funds raised by the Brianza per il cuore association with the support of the Bcc di Caratehas been “revealed” Tuesday morning at the Irccs San Gerardo dei Tintori Foundation.
Monza Hospital: New Echocardiograph for “Fragile” Children at the Verga Center, Avoids Patient Transfer
The new device will allow the setting up of a color doppler echocardiography station in the building on via Cadore, avoiding transferring children to the spaces of San Gerardo at the time of the examination. A journey that for the little sick people, patients extremely fragilemay involve risks. Now, however, it will be possible, with the intervention of a sonographera highly specialized technician in cardiac ultrasound and trained in the evaluation of the child’s heart, performs high-level examinations, in safety.
«The use of antineoplastic drugs often produces cardiotoxic effects that can cause progressive and irreversible cardiomyopathies – explains Maria Lucia Bofficontact person for pediatric cardiology – For this reason, during chemotherapy, children must undergo continuous checks of their cardiac function in order to be able to detect any dysfunctions promptly and try to remedy them.».
Monza Hospital: New Echocardiograph for “Fragile” Children at the Verga Center, Wish Granted
The possibility of carrying out tests in the place where the children are hospitalized was a desire that doctors had been pursuing for some time.
«It is particularly important to protect these children from possible infections – points out Joseph Trocinodirector of outpatient cardiac diagnostics and pediatric cardiology – For this reason, we would like our patients to remain in the spaces dedicated to them, where this attention is the rule, without having to share corridors, elevators and other spaces with all the other patients who are often hospitalized for infectious problems. In this way, it is the exam that moves and not the patient. A project that reflects the canons of the hospital built on the needs of the patient».
Monza Hospital: new echocardiograph for “fragile” children at the Verga Center, also useful for research and implementation of the imaging network
The exams, as he recalled Magdalene Lettinodirector of the departmental structure of the cardio-thoracic-vascular department, will also be useful for research purposes and comparison with other hospitals. Furthermore, the tests will be company images uploaded to the network so that they can be reported remotely and compared in the different phases of patient management.
«Up to now we have always approached adults – he points out Laura Colombopresident of the Brianza del cuore association – addressing children is for me and for our association a boost, an extra motivation to continue this adventure».
The association is collaborating with San Gerardo on projects to implement an advanced analysis system and reprocessing of echocardiographic images with advanced and telemedicine software.
