Wireless heart implants to be provided free of charge for Kazakh citizens

According to international statistics, 26 million people suffer from chronic heart failure (CHF) in the world. About 900 thousand new patients are diagnosed annually. Of this number, about 800 thousand patients need heart transplantation, of which between 7% and 50% of people die during the first five years of diagnosis without waiting for the donor heart. Transplantation is the gold standard in the treatment of this pathology, however, due to the shortage of donor organs, the use of mechanical support for the heart is actively developing. In this regard, the use of innovative technology - a fully implantable heart support system – has become a revolutionary breakthrough in the surgical treatment of CHF. Kazakhstan has become the first country in the world which performed the implantation of a mechanic heart.

6 February, 2019 15:26