24May/12

Baby Saved by Smallest Artificial Heart

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 cardiomyopathy, a disease that …

24May/12

Smallest Artificial Heart Keeps Baby Alive

Italian doctors implant tiny pump into a 16-month-old boy awaiting his new heart. 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 bridg…