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Stephanie Fae Beauclair [1] (October 14, 1984 – November 15, 1984), better known as Baby Fae, was an American infant born in 1984 with hypoplastic left heart syndrome.She became the first infant subject of a xenotransplant procedure and first successful infant heart transplant, receiving the heart of a baboon.
A beating heart awaiting transplant. American medical researcher Simon Flexner was one of the first people to mention the possibility of heart transplantation. In 1907, he wrote the paper "Tendencies in Pathology," in which he said that it would be possible one day by surgery to replace diseased human organs – including arteries, stomach, kidneys and heart.
Maura Pfefferman is a fictional character on American web series Transparent, created by Joey Soloway, the series creator and showrunner.Maura is a divorced, Jewish, L.A.-located retired college professor of Political Science and parent of three who comes out as transgender.
The device, known as a Berlin Heart, will help Penelope's real heart function and pump blood round her body. Although diagnosed with her condition when she was only a few weeks old, Penelope had ...
The heart is a muscular organ found in humans and other animals. This organ pumps blood through the blood vessels. [1] Heart and blood vessels together make the circulatory system. [2] The pumped blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the tissue, while carrying metabolic waste such as carbon dioxide to the lungs. [3]
The black heart emoji is a simple heart emoji that is the color black instead of the usual red. When you receive a black heart emoji, it can be hard to determine what the real meaning behind the ...
The heart is a muscular organ situated in the mediastinum.It consists of four chambers, four valves, two main arteries (the coronary arteries), and the conduction system. The left and right sides of the heart have different functions: the right side receives de-oxygenated blood through the superior and inferior venae cavae and pumps blood to the lungs through the pulmonary artery, and the left ...
An artificial heart is an artificial organ device that replaces the heart.Artificial hearts are typically used to bridge the time to complete heart transplantation surgery, but research is ongoing to develop a device that could permanently replace the heart in the case that a heart transplant (from a deceased human or, experimentally, from a deceased genetically engineered pig) is unavailable ...