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Next-Generation Total Artificial Heart Successfully Transplanted into First US Patient
Posted in Hardware, Medicine on 4th Aug, 2021
by Alex Muller
Embedded sensors automatically adapt blood flow to a person’s needs in any given moment; if, for example, they’re exercising, blood flow will increase. It's this aspect that has earned the Carmat heart the designation of 'next-generation'
Protein infusion could reduce heart failure risk after heart attack
Posted in Medicine on 2nd Jan, 2020
by Alex Muller
Heart disease is the biggest killer in the Western world. A part of the problem is that even if one survives a heart attack, damage to the heart muscle results in the formation of thick scar tissue that can increase the chance of heart failure.
Lab-Grown Patch Could Repair Your Heart After a Heart Attack
Posted in Medicine on 9th Jun, 2019
by Alex Muller
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the US for both men and women.
Scientists create world's first patient-specific vascularized 3D-printed heart
Posted in Medicine on 16th Apr, 2019
by Alex Muller
Although pieces of heart tissue have previously been bioprinted, scientists have now succeeded in creating the world's first 3D-printed vascularized heart to be made from a patient's own biological materials.
Radar could make for less-biased heart checks
Posted in Science on 16th Aug, 2018
by Alex Muller
Using radar to monitor people's heartbeats, and the technology could allow for more accurate diagnoses of heart maladies.