Australian man becomes first to leave hospital with titanium heart
The man, who suffered from severe heart failure, lived with the BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart (TAH), a blood pump made of titanium, for more than 100 days before receiving a heart transplant in March.
World-first: Australian patient walks out of hospital with artificial heart
An Australian man has become the first person in the world to be discharged from hospital with a total artificial heart implant, according to a recent report by The Guardian.
Australian Man Survives a Record 105 Days with Artificial Titanium Heart While Awaiting Donor
An Australian man with severe heart failure received a metal heart and was well enough to be discharged from the hospital while he waited for a donor. He is now recovering successfully from heart transplant surgery.
Australian man leaves hospital with durable artificial heart in world first
An Australian man has become the first person in the world to leave hospital with a totally artificial implanted heart
Australian becomes first in world discharged with durable artificial heart
A New South Wales man with heart failure lived with the artificial heart for over 100 days while waiting to be matched with a heart donor.
World First: Man Leaves Hospital With Life-Saving Titanium Heart
In early February, an Australian man in his 40s became the first person in the world to leave hospital with a virtually unbreakable heart made of metal.
Man Survives with Titanium Heart for 100 Days—A World First
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,
Groundbreaking Success: Australian Man Lives 100 Days with Revolutionary Artificial Titanium Heart
An Australian man has made medical history by living for 100 days with an artificial titanium heart while he awaited a donor transplant, marking the longest known survival with such a device. Knewz.com has learned that this groundbreaking achievement has been hailed as a significant step forward in the realm of heart surgery and transplantation.
Australian Man Lived With a Fully Artificial Heart for Over 100 Days—Here’s How It Saved His Life
For decades, replacing a failing human heart meant waiting—often desperately—for a donor. But in a hospital in Sydney, that paradigm has begun to shift. Last November, surgeons at St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney implanted the BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart in a critically ill patient.
In world first, man leaves hospital with titanium heart
The titanium device’s underlying principles were first envisioned in 2001 by a biomedical engineer named Daniel Timms. Timms, ...
Australia’s first dedicated cardiac hospital: A place where lives are saved
Minister for Health Mary-Anne Thomas said since the VHH opened in 2023 the service has transformed and saved the lives of ...