First totally artificial heart successfully implanted in patient

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75k+15.2 yrs OP
~ 1 year, 11 mos ago Jul 25, '24 11:54am

First totally artificial heart successfully implanted in patient in Houston, Texas Heart Institute says

www.khou.com/article /news/health/total-a rtificial-heart-impl ant-houston/285

First looking at the pictureâ€¦I thought it was a doorknob.

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25k+13.1 yrs
~ 1 year, 11 mos ago Jul 25, '24 12:09pm

Always these "first implants"....But, sadly, many don't last....

Last year or the year before there were a couple of men who received "first pig heart transplants" and it was all over the news....They lasted less than 2 months....

25k+7.4 yrs
~ 1 year, 11 mos ago Jul 25, '24 12:39pm

First totally artificial heart successfully implanted in patient in Houston, Texas Heart Institute says www.khou.com/article /news/health/total-a rtificial-heart-impl ant-houston/285 First looking at the pictureâ€¦I thought it was a doorknob.

@West-Tex : Glad to see they've moved on from using pig organs. Hopefully this proves to be more successful. If it were me, I would do nothing but worry about it, which would make it work harder and probably break. Emoticon

10k+12.6 yrs
~ 1 year, 11 mos ago Jul 25, '24 3:17pm

Keeping us oldies live longer I wonder who will pay my social security.

Better let some immigrants in and put them to work.

10k+17.5 yrs
~ 1 year, 11 mos ago Jul 25, '24 3:22pm

Well they have to start some where. The first one wasn't even inside the body

1k+7.8 yrs
~ 1 year, 11 mos ago Jul 25, '24 4:44pm

@West-Tex : are you feeling better? I read today masks are suggested for large groups.

25k+15.8 yrs
~ 1 year, 11 mos ago Jul 25, '24 11:32pm

Always these "first implants"....But, sadly, many don't last.... Last year or the year before there were a couple of men who received "first pig heart transplants" and it was all over the news....They lasted less than 2 months....

@EddyFree : They knew it was their only hope and that it might not last. They had the surgeries in hope of at minimum helping others in the future. They were very selfless. I know someone that has had 3 heart transplants. He is finally doing really well. It's been a really long road with the last one. You have to at least have some hope and a little luck doesn't hurt.

1k+10.4 yrs
~ 1 year, 11 mos ago Jul 26, '24 4:29am

Looks like a water pump for a BMW or a Mercedes Benz.

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