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artificial heart

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Noun1.artificial heart - a pump that replaces the natural heart
implant - a prosthesis placed permanently in tissue
Jarvik artificial heart, Jarvik heart - a kind of artificial heart that has been used with some success


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Cost of a fully implantable artificial heart approved by the FDA in September for patients with severe congestive heart failure.
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The first artificial heart valve was implanted in 1952, the first artificial hip replacement in 1954.
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The fourth person to receive a self-contained artificial heart - and the first on the West Coast - is resting comfortably at UCLA Medical Center after undergoing an 11-hour transplant operation, medical officials from the center announced Thursday.
ARTIFICIAL HEART IMPLANTED 70-YEAR-OLD UCLA PATIENT REPORTED DOING ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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