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Man survives with titanium heart for 100 days – a world first (www.nature.com)
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An Australian man in his forties has become the first person in the world to leave hospital with an artificial heart made of titanium. The device - BiVACOR - is used as a stopgap for people with heart failure who are waiting for a donor heart, and previous recipients of this type of artificial heart had remained in US hospitals while it was in place.

The man lived with the device for more than three months until he underwent surgery to receive a donated human heart. The man is recovering well, according to a statement from St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney, Australia, where the operations were conducted.

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[–] alykanas@slrpnk.net 17 points 1 week ago

That’s nothing .

20 years and counting with a heart of stone, so I’m told.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Imagine having to manage its external cabling in order to charge it..

[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

Shit! Where's that damn charging cable!

beeping gets louder and louder

[–] MyDarkestTimeline01@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago

Brutal.