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The Australian man was the sixth person to to receive the device called BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart (TAH), but the first ...

The patient, an Australian man in his 40s, lived with his fully functional heart implant long enough to be discharged from the hospital.

A 10-year-old child survived 24 days on an artificial heart at Ann-Arbor-based University of Michigan Health’s C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, becoming the first child in Michigan to receive a total ...

Edward Barnes promised his dad he'd run Boston. "Even the greatest challenges can lead to extraordinary accomplishments," he ...

The recipient underwent a six-hour operation in November, surviving on the artificial heart for over 100 days until a donor heart transplant could occur in early March. BiVACOR CEO Dr Daniel Timms ...

A man has lived for more than 100 days with an artificial maglev heart working inside his chest. In a landmark moment, he was discharged earlier this year, becoming the first person in the world ...

An Australian man lived for 100 days with an artificial titanium heart while he awaited a donor transplant, the longest period to date for someone with the technology.The patient, a man in his 40s ...

This week, doctors announced that an Australian man with severe heart failure had left hospital with an artificial heart that had kept him alive until he could receive a donor heart. The patient ...