# Peru's Hospital María Auxiliadora and US team implant defibrillators in two at-risk patients

Peru's Hospital María Auxiliadora and US team implant defibrillators in two at-risk patients

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At Hospital María Auxiliadora (HMA) in Peru, two patients-Juliman Huamán Meza, 36, from Huaral, and Royer Altamirano Hurtado, 37, from Villa María del Triunfo-underwent successful implantation of Automatic Implantable Defibrillators (DAI). [^1]

Each Automatic Implantable Defibrillator (DAI) implant costs approximately US$50,000, making the free access to the procedure significant for the two patients, who could not have afforded it on their own. [^2] The defibrillator implant procedures at HMA were led by Dr. Julio Durand, head of the Cardiology Service, in coordination with a team headed by Dr. Carlos Albrecht of St. James Hospital in the United States. [^3] The two patients at HMA had diagnoses of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy, Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy, and heart failure with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), which placed them at risk of life-threatening cardiac events. [^4]

Each implantable defibrillator (DAI) has an approximate value of US$ 50,000. [^5]

## What this stands on

1. At Hospital María Auxiliadora (HMA) in Peru, two patients-Juliman Huamán Meza, 36, from Huaral, and Royer Altamirano Hurtado, 37, from Villa María del Triunfo-underwent successful implantation of Automatic Implantable Defibrillators (DAI). (elcomercio.pe, News)
2. Each Automatic Implantable Defibrillator (DAI) implant costs approximately US$50,000, making the free access to the procedure significant for the two patients, who could not have afforded it on their own. (elcomercio.pe, News)
3. The defibrillator implant procedures at HMA were led by Dr. Julio Durand, head of the Cardiology Service, in coordination with a team headed by Dr. Carlos Albrecht of St. James Hospital in the United States. (elcomercio.pe, News)
4. The two patients at HMA had diagnoses of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy, Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy, and heart failure with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), which placed them at risk of life-threatening cardiac events. (elcomercio.pe, News)
5. Each implantable defibrillator (DAI) has an approximate value of US$ 50,000. (Agencia Andina, News)

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