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15-year
boy first to get robot heart transplant
Sunday, October 03, 2010 04:48:21 PM,
IANS
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London:
A 15-year-old boy has become the world's first child to be
implanted with an artificial heart.
The unnamed Italian boy had the 10-hour operation last week and
was said to be well in intensive care.
As he has the muscle-wasting illness Duchenne's syndrome, he was
ineligible for a heart transplant.
He was close to death when surgeons decided to save him with the
artificial heart.
Antonio Amodeo carried out the operation at Bambino Gesu
children's hospital in Rome, the Daily Mail reported.
Officials said the artificial heart is expected to give the boy
another 20-25 years of 'normal life'.
Amodeo said the heart is 2.5 inches long and was placed inside the
left ventricle and its connection with the ascending aorta.
"The device is an electrically activated hydraulic pump and is
entirely located inside the thorax, in order to reduce the risk of
infection," he said.
"It is powered through a plug positioned behind the left ear and
connected to a battery that the patient holds on a belt and is
charged during the night like a mobile phone," Amodeo added.
"This is the first time such a device has been placed in a young
child and should give him an improved quality of life even though
he is suffering from Duchenne's syndrome," he said.
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