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 th...

The artificial heart represents a major technological and medical achievement, having already saved many lives. The idea of replacing a failing heart with a medical device may sound like something straight out of a science fiction novel, but it is a reality that is still changing the landscape of cardiovascular medicine today. In response to evolving medical techniques, the collaboration of engineers and doctors has led to the development of several types of cardiac prosthesis since the 20th cen...

In recent years, technological advances in cardiology have opened up new treatment prospects for patients with serious heart problems. Nevertheless, these medical innovations do not solve all the challenges and complications that patients face on a daily basis. Today, Procope Medicals is giving a voice to those patients who currently live or have lived with these medical devices (ventricular assistants, total artificial hearts, pacemakers, etc.). Relaying their stories enables us to shed light o...

Procope Medicals is moving resolutely into 2025 with new milestones and key challenges in the design and development of its total artificial heart. Here’s an overview of what we’ll be talking about: Research and development (R&D) As we move into 2025, we will continue to develop the functional version of the prosthesis. R&D actions over the next 12 months will enable us to develop the final technological building blocks required for the final version of the prosthesis: Devel...

Heart failure is still responsible for 1 in 5 deaths. Once established, this cardiovascular disease is irreversible and worsens. “Life expectancy at 5 years is 50%” (according to Institut Pasteur Lille). It represents a major challenge for global healthcare systems. Heart failure, what’s at stake ? Heart failure affects more than 64 million lives. Here’s how to better understand the workings of this disease: Mechanical stress on the heart muscle leads to muscle fatigue ov...