46-Year-Old Man Receives First Temporary Total Artificial Heart In Northeast U.S. From Penn Cardiac Surgeons
Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:00 PM EST
... A 46-year-old former fitness instructor, suffering from biventricular end-stage heart failure and in irreversible cardiogenic shock, has become the first to receive a new temporary Total Artificial Heart in the Northeast U.S. by cardiac surgeons at the University of Pennsylvania Health System. [click link for full article] ...
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