Man lives for 100 days with artificial titanium heart in successful new trial
An Australian man lived for 100 days with an artificial titanium heart while he awaited a donor transplant, the longest period to date of someone with the technology.
Man with artificial heart survives over 100 days outside hospital
Australian company BiVACOR has revealed a patient implanted with its artificial heart survived for 100 days – and is still with us after receiving a donated organ. The un-named man had heart disease that meant he needed a replacement ticker.
Australian man survives 105 days with artificial titanium heart
In a groundbreaking medical achievement, an Australian man in his 40s became the first person in the world to be discharged from a hospital while fitted with a fully functional artificial heart. The patient,
How an artificial heart could soon be saving lives
In a breakthrough that researchers call an ‘unmitigated clinical success’, an artificial titanium-made heart has helped a man with heart failure get a new lease on life. The patient in his 40s survived on the device for over 100 days,
Australian man survives 100 days with artificial heart in world-first success
Sydney surgeons ‘enormously proud’ after patient in his 40s receives the Australian-designed implant designed as a bridge before donor heart
Australian man lives 100 days with artificial heart
An Australian man lived for 100 days with an artificial titanium heart while he awaited a donor transplant, the longest period to date of someone with the technology.Accordingg to CNN, a man in his 40s who declined to be identified,
Australian man survives for 105 days with titanium heart in world first
The artificial heart uses magnetic levitation – the same technology used in high-speed trains – to pump blood around the body.
Man Lives For 100 Days After Getting Am Artificial Titanium Heart Implanted
The patient who has chosen to remain anonymous received the implant at St Vincent's Hospital Sydney in November last year. By February he had already become the first person in the world to leave a hospital while fully dependent on the device.
World’s first titanium heart patient walks free after surviving 100+ days
A man who received the device in a six-hour surgery last November has become the first patient in the world to be discharged from the hospital with it. He lived with the high-tech heart for over 100 days before receiving a donor transplant.
Australian man in his 40s walks out of hospital after 100 days with artificial heart
The Australian patient underwent the procedure on November 22 at St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney, in a six-hour operation.
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