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Doctors save baby with smallest artificial heart
Italian doctors have saved the life of a 16-month-old boy by implanting the world's smallest artificial heart to keep the infant alive until a donor was found for a transplant

Thu, 24 May 2012 08:04:09 -0700

Italy doctors save baby with smallest artificial heart
ROME (Reuters) - Italian doctors have saved the life of a 16-month-old boy by implanting the world's smallest artificial heart to keep the infant alive until a donor was found for a transplant. The doctors at Rome's Bambino Gesu hospital said the operation was carried out last month and made public this week. The baby, whose identity has not been disclosed, was kept alive for 13 days before the ...

Thu, 24 May 2012 07:13:30 -0700

Toddler received world’s smallest artificial heart as he waited for a transplant
Italian doctors have saved the life of a 16-month-old boy by implanting the world's smallest artificial heart to keep the infant alive until a donor was found for a transplant

Thu, 24 May 2012 08:49:28 -0700

SynCardia Total Artificial Heart Replaces Left Ventricular Assist Devices in 7 Patients
TUCSON, Ariz., May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- SynCardia Systems, Inc. ( www.syncardia.com ), manufacturer of the world's first and only FDA, Health Canada and CE (Europe) approved Total Artificial Heart, ...

Thu, 24 May 2012 04:45:00 -0700

Baby's Life Saved By World's Smallest Artificial Heart [Medicine]
# medicine Like all technology, medical implants can be made smaller as the engineering behind them gets more advanced. Which is why a 16-month-old Italian baby was able to become the recipient of the world's smallest artificial heart—and have its life saved in the process. More »

Tue, 22 May 2012 07:01:37 -0700