\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t Argentina football superstar Diego Maradona\u2019s daughter Gianinna became unwell and had to be assisted by a doctor after images of her father\u2019s autopsy were shown in the latest hearing in the trial over the former footballer\u2019s death.<\/p>\n
Tensions ran high during Thursday\u2019s hearing, with several arguments between the defense lawyers and the judges.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The session had to be halted after the defense of Maradona\u2019s main medical advisor, Leopoldo Luque \u2014 one of the main accused of negligence over the star\u2019s death \u2014 played a clip from the autopsy, which forced Gianinna to exit the room.<\/p>\n
The hearings started with the testimony of Mario Schiter, the doctor who treated Maradona as he recovered from his drug addiction and a heart attack in Cuba in 2000. He later acted as an overseer during his autopsy.<\/p>\n
Schiter recalled that after Maradona chose Cuba for his rehabilitation treatment, the charter flight to Havana was required to \u201cset up an ICU unit on board,\u201d including reserving the entire first-class cabin and transporting emergency medical equipment.<\/p>\n
The arrangement stood in stark contrast to the home care conditions in which Maradona died on November 25, which were described during the trial as inadequate and poorly prepared.<\/p>\n
Maradona \u2018should\u2019ve never stopped taking medication\u2019 Schiter said he joined Maradona in Cuba for a \u201cprudent time,\u201d but after that \u2014 with the exception of a short hospitalization in 2004 \u2014 he didn\u2019t see him again until he was summoned in 2020.<\/p>\n
In November of that year, doctors discovered Maradona had a hematoma in his head for which he underwent surgery in Clinica Olivos, a medical center in the northern Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area. He was later moved to the gated community for home care, where he passed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe family called me to the [medical center] to hear a second opinion on what to do with him,\u201d he said. \u201cThey wanted to know how we controlled his psychomotor agitation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Schiter said Maradona\u2019s medical team wanted to use a new drug, which requires informed consent, as it significantly lowers the heart rate. According to him, the use of this medication was agreed upon in a meeting between the star\u2019s family and his chief medical advisor, Luque.<\/p>\n
He added that he had suggested taking Maradona to a rehabilitation center as a middle-ground option between home care and a hospital, but the idea was rejected.<\/p>\n
Schiter said that during the autopsy, he saw signs of chronic structural heart disease based on the lesions it presented: fibrosis, microinfarcts, and global asymmetric chamber dilation.<\/p>\n
\u201cLatent congestive heart failure means it can deteriorate at any moment,\u201d he said. \u201cThere is no reason not to treat it for life. These patients should never, under any circumstances, stop taking medication that promotes cardiac regeneration and helps control high blood pressure, which can trigger latent heart disease.\u201d<\/p>\n
Maradona died from an acute pulmonary edema in 2020, a problem related to heart failure. The trial centers around the circumstances of his death and the attention he received from his doctors and nurses.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Eight people stand accused of failing to administer proper medical care to Maradona, chiefly Luque, as well as his psychiatrist, Agustina Cosachov, and his psychologist, Carlos D\u00edaz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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