Man Survives With Titanium Heart For 100 Days - a World First (nature.com) 8
An Australian man in his forties has become the first person in the world to leave hospital with an artificial heart made of titanium. From a report: The device is used as a stopgap for people with heart failure who are waiting for a donor heart, and previous recipients of this type of artificial heart had remained in US hospitals while it was in place.
The man lived with the device for more than three months until he underwent surgery to receive a donated human heart. The man is recovering well, according to a statement from St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney, Australia, where the operations were conducted. The Australian is the sixth person globally to receive the device, known as BiVACOR, but the first to live with it for more than a month.
The man lived with the device for more than three months until he underwent surgery to receive a donated human heart. The man is recovering well, according to a statement from St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney, Australia, where the operations were conducted. The Australian is the sixth person globally to receive the device, known as BiVACOR, but the first to live with it for more than a month.
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When will my replacement heart be ready? (Score:2)
Going for funny? Many people probably don't know the context. Cheney was sustained by a kind of artificial heart for a long period before he got a transplant. He wasn't completely heartless, as I recall, though his own heart wasn't doing much in the period before the transplant. I remember "congestive heart failure" being mentioned.
However the real significance of this story depends on other factors. One angle would be to create artificial hearts that are good enough for long-term use, but I think the more
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False or misleading? (Score:1)
Other sources claim the world record is over 2500 days using a Syncardia total artificial heart. Reference: https://www.syncardia.com/down... [syncardia.com] or https://www.biospace.com/turki... [biospace.com]
Still this is great news, it sounds like in a generation or two these devices will be perfected. Syncardia recently announced their next generation device will have major improvements.
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