World's Smallest Artificial Heart Implanted in 16-Month-Old Baby

Source: Medindia Health News

Italian doctors in Rome managed to successfully implant the worlds smallest artificial heart in a 16-month old baby before conducting another surgery to transplant a real heart. Doctors at Bambino Gesu pediatric hospital used a tiny ...
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Artificial heart kept baby alive - The Province

Source: Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association

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11 gram titanium pump keeps baby alive for 13 days

Source: Ubergizmo

Doctors in Italy were able to save the precious life of a 16-month-old baby boy by implanting a small artificial heart to keep the infant alive until a suitable donor was found. Reuters said that the baby, whose identity was not reve ...
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Tiny artificial heart saves baby's life

Source: SINA English

An artificial heart the size of a pinky finger kept a 16-month-old baby alive for nearly two weeks while he waited for a heart transplant. Please read our Terms of Service. Messages that harass, abuse or ...
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Source: Russia Today

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Source: Russia Today

A 60-year-old Greek musician and his 91-year-old mother jumped to their deaths from their 5th floor apartment, driven to despair by financial woes. This double death is the latest in a rising epidemic of crisis-induced suicides i ...
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Baby Saved by Smallest Artificial Heart

Source: ABC News

An artificial heart the size of a pinky finger kept a 16-month-old baby alive for nearly two weeks while he waited for a heart transplant, Reuters reported. The Italian baby, whose name has not been released, had dilated cardi ...
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Smallest Artificial Heart Keeps Baby Alive

Source: MIT Technology Review

Here's a new twist on an long-running story: an artificial heart kept a baby boy alive for 13 days while doctors waited for his new heart, reports Reuters. The bridge-to-transplant device was an infant version of the Jarvik 2000 and weighed only 11 gram ...
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Italy doctors save baby with smallest artificial heart

Source: Reuters

* Device kept baby alive while awaiting transplant * Baby later received new heart, doing well ROME, May 24 (Reuters) - Italian doctors have saved the life of a 16-month-old boy by implanting the world's ...
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