INTERVIEW
What did Michael Schumacher do at the Georges Pompidou Hospital in Paris? According to Le Parisien, the seven-time Formula 1 world champion was taken care of on Monday to follow a "most secret treatment", in the continuous monitoring unit of the cardiology surgery department of Professor Philippe Menasché, "l 'one of the pioneers of cell therapy to cure heart failure'. Cardiologist Denis Angoulvant explained this treatment on Tuesday evening on Europe 1.
What is Professor Philippe Menasché's specialty?
"Phillipe Menasché has been one of the pioneers internationally in myocardial cell therapy, when the heart is very damaged, there is no possibility of self-repair like the liver, which pushes back. heart failure, there are drugs to replace but not repair the heart.The only alternative is transplantation, "says Denis Angoulvant.
"Menasché has been, along with others, a pioneer in developing new techniques for injecting cells into the heart, pushing back, building a" new heart. "Unfortunately, these techniques have never had the results discounted, "said the cardiologist.
What can Michael Schumacher expect from this treatment?
"I can not speculate, because I do not know the case of Michael Schumacher," slice Denis Angoulvant. "What we do know, however, is that work on cell therapy is not just about the heart, but our colleagues working on brain and spinal cord injuries are working with the hope of regenerating the heart. nervous tissue, "he continues.
"But I do not know what Michael Schumacher, I can not answer on his case.In any case, the work of cell therapy has demonstrated that the injected cells have effects, including anti-inflammatory, which are quite beneficial. "
What do we know about the state of health of the German?
Since his skiing accident on December 29, 2013, Michael Schumacher's state of health is a well-kept secret. The German pilot, seriously injured in the head and plunged into a coma for several months, has not been seen in public since that date. In the opinion of renowned neurologists, Michael Schumacher is necessarily in a vegetative state.
On the occasion of his 50th birthday, on January 3rd, his family, very discreet, published a declaration on Facebook. "You can be sure that he is in the best hands and that we are doing everything humanly possible to help him," she said.