SynCardia’s Total Artificial Heart was originally used as a permanent replacement heart, but is presently approved as a bridge to transplant for people dying from end-stage biventricular heart failure.
New portable artificial heart allows 'normal' lifestyle while awaiting donor – GMA News
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New portable artificial heart allows ‘normal’ lifestyle while awaiting donor
GMA News It provides a high volume of blood-flow through both ventricles, which helps to speed the recovery of vital organs and make the patient a better candidate for transplant surgery. Once the total artificial heart is implanted, it is connected by two … |
Intercept Completes Enrollment In Phase 3 Primary Biliary Cirrhosis POISE Trial
Intercept Completes Enrollment In Phase 3 Primary Biliary Cirrhosis POISE Trial
SLU honors Hughes for organ donation work – FS Midwest
FS MidwestSLU honors Hughes for organ donation workFS MidwestA single organ donor can save eight lives and enhance the quality of life for 50 more people through tissue donation. There are ties to SLU basketball that show how widespread the need can be…
Entertainment listings – Vancouver Sun
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Entertainment listings
Vancouver Sun By donation, proceeds benefit the City of North Vancouver’s Firefighters Charitable Societies, parkandtilford.com. “”A Very Victorian Christmas … VancouverVoices with VV Youth present carols new and old with organ and audience participation, followed … |
Lynnwood mother on transplant list waits to breathe freely
Heather Phillips spends one-on-one time with her son, Corbin, 2, earlier this month. Phillips is awaiting a double lung transplant. Heather Phillips, 28, holds her 1-year-old daughter, Keira, while her 2-year-old son, Corbin, plays nearby in the family’s living room earlier this month.
Lynnwood mother on transplant list waits to breathe freely – HeraldNet
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Lynnwood mother on transplant list waits to breathe freely
HeraldNet Phillips thinks about what she, too, might do after her transplant surgery, simple things so often taken for granted. “I would love to take my kids out hiking somewhere,” she said. It might be nearby, like a walk to the beach at Meadowdale Park, or it … |
Synthetic drug reverses serious liver damage – Zee News
Zee NewsSynthetic drug reverses serious liver damageZee NewsWashington: Scientists have developed a synthetic drug that can reverse fatty liver disease, a serious metabolic condition involving an abnormal build-up of fat in the liver, which damages the…
Mike DiPiano's big heart beats even finer on the holidays
He’s as imposing as they come, a hard-nosed, somewhat gruff-voiced man who if he snarled at you, the first impulse would be to run the other way.
Barca defender returns to training
Madrid, Dec 20 (IANS) Spanish football giants Barcelona said defender Eric Abidal returned to training with his teammates for the first time since undergoing a liver transplant in April.