Abiomed Heart Device Failure Due to Worn Out Bearing
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Abiomed Inc. on Thursday said the  failure of the artificial heart implanted in a patient who died  last month was caused by early wear-out of a bearing.
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Heart failure is a disease where the heart cannot pump enough blood to the body. Fluid collects in the lungs. People who develop heart failure are generally older.
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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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NEW YORK  - When coronary arteries become clogged, the main left chamber of the heart enlarges and the muscular walls become thicker in an effort to compensate for its reduced pumping ability.
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Nov. 10 - Skilled surgeons use life saving medical devices. And manufacturers designed them for one patient or procedure only. But medical recycling companies resterilize them, putting more than 25 million used devices back into service.
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Work could lead to patch for damaged tissue - MIT engineers are significantly closer to mending broken hearts. In a paper to appear the week of Dec 13 in the online edition of the Proceedings of the National
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NEW ORLEANS - A polyester mesh stocking pulled over the bottom of a weak heart can help it pump better, according a new study. &quot;It is sort of breakthrough technology,&quot; said Dr.
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Building an artificial heart has proved tougher than landing men on the moon, but a new study shows that a heart once considered a flop can prolong the lives of desperately sick patients until a donor heart is found.
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An experimental drug developed to relieve fatigue after exercise may also help heart failure patients.
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A man who had survived 166 days with an implanted artificial heart died Thursday of what officials called &quot;unrecoverable multiple organ failure,&quot; according to a Louisville hospital and the maker of the device.
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By Christopher Snowbeck, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.  Dec. 16--The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has for a third time socked a local company's plan to market a "heart sock" device for the treatment of congestive heart failure.
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An implanted wireless device did not keep enough patients with weak hearts out of the hospital to prove its effectiveness.
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I knew this was going to be heavy when I saw the title, and it sure was. Heart disease is serious, but you can live with it, as I've found out. I had bypass surgery in 2002, and I'm still here. You can also quit smoking, it's easy when you have motivation.   Om, when you're feeling better let's go for a walk.  Dave
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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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Company recalls 42,000 defibrillators GUILFORD, Conn., March 7 (UPI) -- A U.S. firm has started a voluntary worldwide recall of approximately 42,000 semi-automatic external defibrillators because of a faulty self-test system.
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The most exhaustive studies yet published on drug-coated stents show that the widely used heart devices are no better at preventing heart attacks and death than the older, cheaper devices they replaced, and in some cases may be slightly worse.
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NEW ORLEANS - A simple fabric device that looks like fishnet hose but acts like support stockings helped weak hearts pump more efficiently and even shrink back to a more normal size, researchers reported at an American Heart Association conference.