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People Are Dying Needlessly From Heart Failure, Professor Netuka Says
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- About 7,300 people died directly from heart failure in the Czech Republic last year.
- Patients whose hearts can no longer pump enough blood may need mechanical support when medication fails and transplantation is unavailable.
- Cardiac surgeon Ivan Netuka said some deaths could be prevented if patients reached specialist care in time.
Heart failure killed 7,300 people in the Czech Republic last year, and cardiac surgeon Ivan Netuka says some of those deaths were avoidable. Patients whose hearts can no longer pump blood effectively may need a new โengineโ when medication stops working.
A donor-heart transplant is not always possible. In those cases, other forms of assistance can help, but only if patients reach specialist care early enough.
โSome unnecessarily. We can help in other ways too, but only if patients get to us in time,โ Netuka said. His warning presents late access to treatment as a key reason some people with severe heart failure do not receive potentially lifesaving support.
Some unnecessarily. We can help in other ways too, but only if patients get to us in time.
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Originally published by iDNES in Czech. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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