Affiliation:
Senior Consultant Cardiac Surgeon
Director of Unit of Aortic Thoracic Surgery at Dept. Cardio Vascular Surgery San Bortolo Hospital Vicenza

His education: from 1993 – dept. Cardiac surgery San Bortolo Hospital Vicenza; from august 1998 until september 1998 stage Dept. Cardio Thoracic Surgery l Northern General Hospital Sheffield (GB); from 1998 to 2000 Dept. Cardiac surgery San Bortolo Hospital “Assistant Physician ” and from 1999 to 2000 stage Dept. Cardio Thoracic Surgery Papworth Hospital Cambridge (GB). His surgical experience:  More than 2200 cardiac operations for adult heart disease with particular field of interest: Stentless aortic bioprosthesis: 650 pts, Aortic and Mitral Valve:more 500 pts, CABG: more 600 pts, Endovascular procedure, aortic arch, descending aorta, aorta dissection type A: 210 pts, debranching epiaortic vessels, Frozen Elephant trunk -experience with evita open plus- hybrid procedure: 251 pts, TAVI: trans femoral, trans axillary (percutaneous approach), trans apical: 119 pts, Valve in Valve procedure (TAVR): 20 pts, Mitraclip: 13 pts, As 2” operator more 5500 procedure, ability to carry out team projects, gained. His organization of training course.