Carmat: the first artificial heart, outside of a clinical study, has been implanted in Italy
This artificial heart is intended for people suffering from end-stage biventricular heart failure. THE ESSENTIAL The cost of the artificial ...
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An artificial heart adapts to the needs of patients autonomously
A new autonomous artificial heart adapts, on its own, to the physiological needs of patients. Eventually, it could be transplanted ...
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Easter chocolate: in moderation, good for the heart and the brain
The chocolate egg hunt is an opportunity to treat yourself to little sweet treats. Often presented as too sweet and ...
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Green light for the marketing of the Carmat artificial heart: hope for patients waiting for a natural transplant
At the end of December, the French company obtained the European certification necessary to market its artificial heart. Until now, ...
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How are heartbeats created?
Proteins, similar to long filaments, coordinate to create heartbeats. THE ESSENTIAL The coordination of proteins from electrical signals causes the ...
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Teenager pierces his heart by ingesting a pin
The 3.5 cm sewing pin had become lodged in the right ventricle. It was removed by doctors and the 17-year-old ...
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After the green light from the USA, the Carmat artificial heart eligible for a clinical trial in France
The High Authority for Health and the National Medicines Safety Agency have issued the first authorizations for a new clinical ...
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Artificial heart: Carmat obtains authorization from the United States for a trial
The United States health authority, the FDA, has just given authorization to the French company Carmat for a clinical trial. ...
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Researchers 3D print a functional heart valve
Using 3D printing, American researchers have created a functioning heart valve made with collagen. This technique represents real hope for ...
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Kazakhstan: a surprising choice for the Carmat artificial heart
The French company Carmat announces that it has carried out an artificial heart implantation abroad. A first in Kasakhstan for ...
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Professor Christian Cabrol: death of the man with 1,500 transplants
Professor Christian Cabrol, one of the French pioneers in heart transplantation, died at the age of 91. He was part ...
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Artificial heart: “The post-operative protocol has been strengthened”
MAINTENANCE - Carmat can resume testing of his artificial heart. Its general manager details the improvements made and the next ...
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The artificial heart will continue to beat in France
The company that develops the artificial heart has denied wanting to settle abroad. She hopes to be able to resume ...
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Artificial heart: improper handling of the batteries at the origin of the death of the 5th patient
The death of the 5th CARMAT patient is linked to the interruption of the power supply to his artificial heart, ...
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Artificial heart: what Carmat will say to the Ministry of Health
After the death of the 5th patient and the threats of exile in the United States, the Carmat company should ...
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Carmat: “Our wish is to include patients in the next trimester”
A week after the announcement of the death of the fifth patient implanted with the artificial heart, the CEO of ...
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Artificial heart: a new patient implanted in Nantes
The Carmat company announces that the first implantation within the framework of the PIVOT study was carried out on a ...
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Artificial heart: Carmat resumes trials on 20 patients
The tests of the artificial heart will resume. 20 patients will soon be implanted, announces Carmat, which manufactures the device.The ...
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Cardiomyopathy: a patient lived 555 days “without heart”
A 25-year-old American waited 555 days before getting a heart transplant. During this period he lived with a portable artificial ...
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The Carmat heart soon to be tested on more than twenty patients
The French company has raised 50 million euros to finance the last phase of testing of its revolutionary prosthesis.One month ...
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Artificial heart: death of the third implanted patient
The third CARMAT heart implanted patient died on December 18, nearly nine months after his operation. A death that does ...
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Artificial heart: second implanted patient survived nine months
After five months of hospitalization and four months at home, the adventure of the artificial heart came to an end ...
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Carmelite heart: engine failure causing death
It was a breakdown of the artificial heart that caused the circulatory failure of the patient who died on Saturday. ...
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