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2. AbioCor - Wikipedia

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   AbioCor was a total artificial heart (TAH) developed by the Massachusetts-based company AbioMed. ... more than triple the life expectancy of AbioCor. The company ...

3. Artificial heart - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

4. Heart transplantation - Wikipedia

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   Approximately 3,500 heart transplants are performed each year worldwide, more than half of which are in the US. [2] Post-operative survival periods average 15 years. [3] Heart transplantation is not considered to be a cure for heart disease; rather it is a life-saving treatment intended to improve the quality and duration of life for a ...

5. Christ Hospital Surgeons Perform Fourth-in-the-World Implant ...

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   “The BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart is making it possible for us to provide the full spectrum of advanced heart care,” said Dean Kereiakes, MD, FACC, MSCAI, Chairman of The Christ Hospital Heart & Vascular Institute. “This technology addresses the needs of a subset of severe heart failure patients, including those awaiting heart transplants.

6. Robert Tools - Wikipedia

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   Robert L. Tools (July 31, 1942 – November 30, 2001) was the world's first recipient of a fully self-contained artificial heart, called AbioCor. The operation took place on July 2, 2001. [ 1 ] He survived for 151 days without a living heart.

7. Artificial heart valve - Wikipedia

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   An artificial heart valve is a one-way valve implanted into a person's heart to replace a heart valve that is not functioning properly (valvular heart disease).Artificial heart valves can be separated into three broad classes: mechanical heart valves, bioprosthetic tissue valves and engineered tissue valves.

8. Ventricular assist device - Wikipedia

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   The total artificial heart was created using two HeartAssist5 VADs, whereby one VAD pumps blood throughout the body and the other circulates blood to and from the lungs. [ 37 ] HeartWare International announced in August 2009 that it had surpassed 50 implants of their HeartWare Ventricular Assist System in their ADVANCE Clinical Trial, an FDA ...

9. Transcatheter aortic valve replacement - Wikipedia

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   Once the wire is across, a large tube is used to place the transcatheter heart valve through the femoral vein and inferior vena cava into the aorta and from there the heart. This otherwise resembles the transfemoral approach. Afterwards, the hole in the aorta is closed with a self-collapsing nitinol device designed to close holes in the heart ...