JAKARTA - Cancer is a disease that is widely known in the community as very severe and at risk of death. However, in addition to cancer, heart failure is also a disease that must be very wary of.
Heart and Vascular Specialist with a subspecialty in heart failure, Dr. Leonardo Easter Suciadi, Sp.JP, FIHA, FAPSC, FESC, FHFA, said that heart failure has a higher mortality rate than cancer.
"Everyone is afraid of cancer, but if you look at the data, heart failure has a much higher death rate than cancer in general," said Dr. Leonardo, during a media session in the Senayan area, Central Jakarta, written Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
Some types of cancer have a better success rate of treatment than heart failure. This shows that heart failure is not just a common health disorder, but a serious condition that requires more attention from the community and medical personnel.
"For example, breast cancer or prostate cancer, the success rate of life is much higher than that of heart failure patients," he explained.
With its high death rate, it further confirms the importance of early detection of heart failure and proper treatment to improve the quality of life of patients.
This must be done because heart failure is known as a disease that is chronic and continues to develop over time. Without optimal treatment, the patient's condition can gradually worsen.
"The reason is that heart failure is a chronic and progressive disease. He will continue to walk towards decreased function. If it is not treated immediately with optimal treatment, then next year it will certainly get worse," he said.
Not only that, heart failure also has a complexity that affects other organs. It is because of the role of the heart as the center of the body's circulation.
"However, this heart failure is very complex because this organ is central among all the circulation of our body. When the pump is a problem, then other organs will also be affected," he added.
The treatment of heart failure cannot be done simply or only involving one specialist doctor. Good cooperation is needed to handle the patient's condition comprehensively, so that multidisciplinary collaboration is needed to reduce the death rate due to heart failure.
"Dealing with it requires multidisciplinary. Not only the cardiologist, but other subspecialists, such as cardiologists, heart surgeons also need to be involved," concluded Dr. Leonardo.
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