Word: cardiowest
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...dozen years after Barney Clark received the first experimental artificial heart, the FDA finally approved a similar device for broad use. The CardioWest, which is surgically implanted in the chest, fills in for the heart's pumping chambers, shunting blood throughout the body. But because it remains connected to a power console outside the chest, the device is only a temporary fix, intended to buy time for the sickest patients while they wait for a heart transplant. Still, it has proved effective. Patients put on CardioWest were more than twice as likely to survive for a year, increasing their chance...
Scientists have been making artificial human hearts for more than 30 years, but the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has never given its full blessing to any of them. That may soon change. A panel of experts last week recommended that the FDA approve the CardioWest Total Artificial Heart for use as a temporary, fully implantable replacement heart that can keep a patient alive until a transplant can be found. That's lifesaving news for the 3,500 Americans waiting for a heart donor. But it's also a sobering reminder that only 2,000 human hearts become available...
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