Cardiology Division’s activities involve:
- pre- and post-operative and pre- and postchemotherapy complete cardiovascular assessment
- respiratory function evaluations
- general internal medicine consultations
- antismoking activities
- extensive clinical monitoring and therapy for internal (also by means of telemetry multiparametric data controls) and external wards diagnostic and treatment of all the emergencies.
The specific cardiological activity is strongly oriented to the diagnosis and therapy of cardiac disorders in order to detect and treat comorbidities (52% of IEO cancer patients present concomitant cardiovascular diseases) as well as potential or evident consequences of oncologic treatments (as cardiotoxicity related heart function reduction, mainly due to old and newer chemotherapeutic gents, as targeted therapies).