Baby recovers after 120 days with artificial heart
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Thirteen-month-old baby leaves hospital after undergoing pioneering life-saving treatment.
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The Food and Drug Administration yesterday approved for use the first totally implantable artificial heart under a program that will make the complicated, $250,000 device available for as many as 4,000 people.
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A baby believed to be the world's smallest to survive has been allowed home after six months of hospital care.
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NEW YORK  - Cardiac surgeons at the  University of Chicago have developed a technique for treating a  severe congenital heart malformation that is less invasive than  open heart surgery.
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Scientists have made two significant  advances in developing a stem-cell patch to repair the damage  caused to the heart after an attack.
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Connor Geddes was 13 days old when surgeons gave him a new heart that didn't match his blood type &#151; deliberately.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A man who lived more than five months with an artificial heart has died of multiple organ failure, the heart manufacturer said today.
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Washington - American regulators on Monday announced approval of an artificial heart designed to keep a patient alive while awaiting a transplant.
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Dr. Robert Jarvikâs newest heart device, the Jarvik 2000, holds the distinction of keeping a patient alive the longest. But it is facing competition.
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Three and a half months after Travis Marcusâ rapidly failing heart brought him near death at Arkansas Childrenâs Hospital, the 14-year-old walked out the hospitalâs front door Thursday with his new donor heart.
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A polyester mesh stocking pulled up over the wide bottom of a weak heart can help it pump better and even shrink back to a more normal size, a study found.
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THURSDAY, Nov. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Young patients who receive replacement heart valves made from animal tissue live just as long as those who get mechanical valves, new research shows.
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The 13th patient to receive the world&#39;s first fully implantable artificial heart died Sunday night after an unexpected malfunction in the device made by Abiomed Inc.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. One of two infant twins who had been awaiting heart transplants in Nashville has received a donor organ. Abigail Patrick underwent four hours of surgery yesterday at Vanderbilt University&#39;s children&#39;s hospital.
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A heart patient who had muscle cells transferred from his leg to his heart makes good progress.
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A patient in the US is the first in the country to receive a implant device that automatically detects early symptoms of congestive heart failure.
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TUESDAY, Sept. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers are reporting an advance in tissue engineering techniques that has helped them move a step closer toward a living replacement heart valve for children.