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報道によれば２０１１年３月１１日に女優エリザベス・テイラーさんが死去されたそうです。79歳でした。死因は心不全とのこと。

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Elizabeth Taylor dies aged 79

Updated 24 Mar 2011, 4:14pmThu 24 Mar 2011, 4:14pm　ABC news

Hollywood legend and violet-eyed beauty Elizabeth Taylor, famed as much for her glamorous but stormy love life as her five-decade Oscar-winning film career, has died aged 79.

Taylor, arguably the last great star of Hollywood’s golden era, died six weeks after being admitted to Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles with congestive heart failure, a condition she had struggled with for years.

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彼女はその１年 半前にMクリップによる僧帽弁形成術を受けていました。

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超多忙でストレスも多く、健康管理もむずかしいテイラーさんだったようで、それまでもいくつもの病気と闘いながらの人生で、おそらく普通の心臓手術を受けるには体がついてこられない事情があったのか、あるいはすぐ仕事復帰するにはMクリップのような体への負担が少ない治療法が必要だったのかもしれません。

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ともあれ治療からたった１年半で心不全のためにお亡くなりになるというのは、僧帽弁形成術ではめったにないことで、ご年齢も当時７７歳と比較的お若く、ひとりの心臓外科医としては残念に思います。

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Mクリップのような不完全治療ではなく、きちんとした手術を受けておけば、この世紀の大女優は死なずにすんだのではないかと思うのです。

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以下はテイラーさんがMクリップによる治療を受けられたときの報道のコピーです。当時は治療成功を皆で喜び合う状況でした。

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Elizabeth Taylor Prepares For Heart Valve Surgery Via MitraClip
October 6th, 2009

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News wires just came alive with a fascinating story about Elizabeth Taylor’s anticipated heart valve surgery.

Although details are still coming out, it appears that Elizabeth Taylor suffers from mitral regurgitation – commonly referred to as a leaky heart valve or mitral insufficiency. Also of significant interest… It appears that the MitraClip, a new minimally invasive technology, will be used to repair Elizabeth Taylor’s diseased heart valve.

Here are the details from The Press Association:

Dame Elizabeth Taylor is to undergo surgery to repair a leaky heart valve, the veteran actress has announced via Twitter. The 77-year-old called on supporters to pray for her as she explained in a series of messages the procedure to be carried out at an undisclosed hospital.

“I’ll let you know when it is all over. Love you, Elizabeth,” the last of three messages on the subject read.

The Oscar-winner’s last high-profile appearance was made last month at the funeral of long-time friend Michael Jackson. But it was a rare public outing for the actress who has suffered from a number of ailments in recent years and is now seen in a wheelchair.

She was taken to hospital last May for what her publicist described at the time as a routine check-up. After being released from the Los Angeles clinic, she announced via Twitter that she was “home from the hospital and feeling great”.

Dame Elizabeth again used Twiter, the micro-messaging site, to give details of her new date with the doctors. She tweeted: “Dear friends, I would like to let you know before it gets in the papers that I am going into the hospital to have a procedure on my heart.”

Here is a great video that explains the Mitraclip, the non-invasive device, I believe, will be used during Taylor’s operation.

Elizabeth Taylor’s final post explained the surgery: “It’s very new and involves repairing my leaky valve using a clip device [play video above], without open heart surgery, so that my heart will function better. Any prayers you happen to have lying around I would dearly appreciate. I’ll let you know when it’s all over. Love you, Elizabeth.”

My thoughts and prayers are with Elizabeth Taylor!

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現代の心臓病の治療は内科と外科とが一緒に 相談し検討を重ねてベストの方法を選んだり組み合わせたりして初めて患者さんのお役に立つ、今はそういう時代です。つまりハートチームですね。

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僧帽弁閉鎖不全症の患者さんにおかれましては内科と外科の両方の意見を聴き、ご自身でもよく考えて治療法を選ばれるのが安全ためお勧めできることです。

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