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11-year-old receives living donor heart valve to replace artificial one in breakthrough surgery
An 11-year-old boy recently became the first person in the world to have an artificial heart valve replaced with a living ...
Historic partial heart transplant replaces pre-teen’s artificial valve with a living one
An 11-year-old boy is the first in the world to have an artificial heart valve replaced with a live tissue valve from a ...
Maryland boy first in world to have artificial heart valve replaced with living one
An 11-year-old Maryland boy is making medical history after becoming the first person in the world to have an artificial ...
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Children’s National 1st to replace artificial heart valve with live tissue
The cardiac surgery team at Washington, D.C.-based Children’s National Hospital has become the first in the world to replace an artificial heart valve with a live tissue valve through a partial heart ...
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Man Lives 100 Days Without a Human Heart | The Future of Artificial Organs
In a medical first, a man in Australia survived 100 days with no biological heart—only a titanium device pumping blood through his body. This isn’t science fiction—it’s the reality of cutting-edge ...
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Historic Partial Heart Transplant Replaces Pre-Teen’S Artificial Valve With A Living One
(MENAFN- GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) WASHINGTON, D.C., May 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- An 11-year-old boy is the first in the world to have an artificial heart valve replaced with a live tissue valve ...