In cardiac surgery it was a champion. And Messina was lucky for a few years to have one of the best specialists not only in Italy at the Papardo hospital. A doctor who had chosen the profession for passion and cardiac surgery by vocation. Dr. died at 72 years old. Valerio Mazzei. In his professional itinerary he left his mark in all the cities where he carried out his business, also for his innovative skills. Many of his patients were operated on a pouring heart, following a technique introduced by prof. Antonio Calafiore, his mentor, cardiac surgeon at the Chieti hospital.
Valerio Mazzei was originally from Catanzaro. For years he had moved to Bari. In Messina – between 2002 and 2008 – he was at the helm of the cardiac surgery of the Papardo hospital. And hundreds of patients who remember him for his humanity, as well as for his professional qualities.
