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Self-Contained Artificial Heart Is Pumping Away

Posted by timothy on from the bbupp-bbup-bbup dept.

vladkrupin writes: "This MSNBC article reads: "The man with the world's first self-contained artificial heart is recovering ahead of expectations, his surgeon said Wednesday, a month after the titanium and plastic pump was implanted..." This is a follow-up on this and this stories posted here just a short while ago."

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  1. Re:is this the right diet? by meldroc · · Score: 2

    I doubt he has to worry about clogged coronary arteries, he doesn't have coronary arteries anymore. This is a major advance - since the heart is self-contained - no tubes coming through the skin to a big pump machine, only a battery pack that induces electricity through the skin, the chance of infection is greatly reduced.

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  2. Anyone care to... by SIGFPE · · Score: 2

    ...correct the title or is the science department not worthy of proof-reading.
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  3. is this the right diet? by NaturePhotog · · Score: 2

    ...celebrated 30 days of survival on the AbioCor artificial heart by eating ice cream and cheesecake A heart patient eating ice cream and cheesecake? His kidney and liver functions are stable and his lungs are clear, the doctor said. Or at least they were... Still, it's pretty cool this thing seems to be working so well. He sounds like a much happier camper than Barney Clark was on the Jarvik 7.

  4. Just a heartbeat away... by Paintthemoon · · Score: 2

    And from watching Cheney, you'd never know he even had the operation...;)

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