The future of heart health represents a challenge for healthcare systems worldwide, and technological advances and new therapeutic approaches should offer ever more promising treatment prospects. What are these prospects? Let’s explore the different viewpoints of professionals on the future of heart health.
Picture of Christophe Leclercq, Pourquoi Docteur
Source : https://grandanglesante.fr/dossiers/coeur/cardiologie-preparer-le-futur/
The vision of Pr Christophe Leclercq
According to the President of the French Society of Cardiology and hospital practitioner at Rennes University Hospital, advances in cardiology over the last twenty years have been major in the treatment of certain cardiovascular diseases. In his view, the prevention of cardiovascular disease is essential, and is at the heart of the concerns of the French healthcare system. While highlighting technological (artificial intelligence) and therapeutic innovations, he also promotes greater accessibility to preventive care for all patients : Cardiologists need to be better trained in the key points of prevention.
The viewpoint of Dr Stéphane Manzo-Silberman
Renowned cardiologist at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Heart Institute, Dr Stéphane Manzo-Silberman, describes the major advances in the field of cardiology. Techniques for treating structural heart disease have advanced considerably, as have new treatments for heart disease. She highlights digital technology and new remote monitoring applications for heart failure patients, which are improving management and communication between patients and healthcare professionals. According to the cardiologist, all these digital tools are helping to improve early treatment of cardiovascular disease, particularly for women, as demonstrated by her article in La Lettre du Gynécologue: L’infarctus du myocarde de la femme jeune : de nouvelles données à prendre en compte (Myocardial infarction in young women: new data to take into account).
Picture of Stéphane Manzo-Silberman, Femmes de Santé
Sources : https://www.doctissimo.fr/sante/maladies/maladies-cardiovasculaires/traitement-des-maladies-cardiovasculaires/la-recherche-face-aux-maladies-cardiovasculaires/dr-stephane-manzo-silberman-cardiologue-le-digital-permet-de-mieux-suivre-les-patients-insuffisants/c5c985_ar.html
Picture of Pascal Leprince, Sorbonne Université
Source : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7r6NxhPUto&t=12s
What Pr Pascal Leprince has to say
Lastly, Pr Pascal Leprince, Head of the Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Department at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, talks about developments in heart transplantation and circulatory assistance in France: As the shortage of heart transplants is growing worldwide, it has led to the development of new technologies, such as the miniaturization of left ventricle pump devices, and the various cell therapy approaches now being tested to reconstitute heart tissue after a heart attack. These are sustainable solutions for patients awaiting transplantation. In addition to xenotransplantation (transplantation of a graft from an animal species to a man/woman), whose viability has not yet been demonstrated to make up for the lack of human grafts, he mentions the artificial heart, which is being developed in France and worldwide, and whose technologies implemented by several medtechs will, according to the Professor, offer a viable alternative to patients suffering from severe heart failure.
In short, the future of heart health has already begun, with various therapeutic avenues combining prevention and technological development, offering multiple sustainable solutions to help, or even replace, a failing natural heart. Digital innovation and personalized care are essential to transform patient care and improve quality of life.
Sources : https://grandanglesante.fr/dossiers/coeur/cardiologie-preparer-le-futur/
https://www.doctissimo.fr/sante/maladies/maladies-cardiovasculaires/traitement-des-maladies-cardiovasculaires/la-recherche-face-aux-maladies-cardiovasculaires/dr-stephane-manzo-silberman-cardiologue-le-digital-permet-de-mieux-suivre-les-patients-insuffisants/c5c985_ar.html
https://www.academie-medecine.fr/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Rapport-20-05-La-transplantation-cardi_2021_Bulletin-de-l-Acad-mie-Nationa.pdf
https://www.edimark.fr/auteurs/stephane-manzo-silberman
https://www.edimark.fr/auteurs/pascal-leprince-copy