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Man Survives with Titanium Heart for 100 Days—A World First

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Scientific American



An Australian man in his forties has become the first person in the world to leave hospital with an artificial heart made of titanium. The device is used as a stopgap for people with heart failure who are waiting for a donor heart, and previous recipients of this type of artificial heart had remained in US hospitals while it was in place.

Keywords:
Artificial heart, Titanium, University of Sydney