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The artifical heart

  • The possibility of creating an artificial heart.

    The possibility of creating an artificial heart.
    People began to think about the possibility of creating an artificial heart in the 1950s.Then, after we put a man on the moon, there was a general feeling that anything was possible.
  • The first artificial heart

    The first artificial heart
    The first person to make a successful artificial heart implant into a human was Robert Jarvik, on December 1, 1982 and the name given to this heart was Jarvic-7. The patient was Barney Clark and he survived on the mechanical heart for 112 days.
  • The second patient

    The second patient
    The second patient, William Schroeder, who received a Jarvic-7 on Novenber 25, 1984, survived for 620 days before dying. But he also suffered medical complications during this time.
  • LVAD

    LVAD
    The use of LVADs became more common thorughtout the 1990's until a donor heart could be found. The LVAD is a temporary device, not meant to replace the functions of a biological heart.
  • Nowadays...

    Nowadays...
    Nowadays, patients with an LVAD can be supported up to five and a half years. 80-85 per cent of patients are alive a year after having an LVAD fitted and 70-75 per cent after two years. This is fantastic considering that many of them would only have had a life expectancy of 12 months or less before their LVAD treatment.