Artificial heart
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artificial-heart-183-252379
title:
Artificial heart
text:
An artificial heart is an artificial organ device that replaces the heart. Artificial hearts are typically used to bridge the time to complete heart transplantation surgery, but research is ongoing to develop a device that could permanently replace the heart in the case that a heart transplant is unavailable or not viable. As of December 2023, there are two commercially available full artificial heart devices; in both cases, they are for temporary use, of less than a year, for total heart failur
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Mechanical device which replaces the heart
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_heart
date created:
2003-07-02T05:22:26Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T15:29:16Z
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