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MEDIA ADVISORY: Mayo physician seeks to help young adults with congenital heart failure before it’s too late
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February is American Heart Month, and a largely unaddressed condition affecting thousands of young people is at the center of a Mayo Clinic cardiologist’s practice. Dr. Luke Burchill is the link between what young adults with congenital heart disease need to survive and thrive.
- Did you know a whopping 40,000 babies each year are born with congenital heart disease in the U.S.? But many of those same babies survive, only to unnecessarily risk premature death in young adulthood?
- Once these children get to adulthood, the medical community may fail to recognize this chronic, life-threatening disease, leading to a higher risk of premature death.
What should these survivors know before their disease takes a turn for the worse?
Dr. Burchill is available this month to talk about:
- The need for “radical listening” in health care and the importance of respecting patients as experts in their own lives.
- Why so many young adults with congenital heart disease don’t know they are suffering from heart failure.
- A new care system at the Mayo Clinic: Adult Congenital Heart Failure Care Pathway.
- What can be done to educate people about heart failure and their treatment options.
For interviews with Dr. Burchill contact:
Name: Erin Mathe
Phone: 952.261.8148
Email: Erin@theienetwork.com
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