Fifty-year-old man gets first artificial heart in Israel
by JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Israeli doctors have performed their first implant of an artificial heart., The patient, a 50-year-old man, is listed in critical condition after the recent operation at Sheba Hospital in Tel Hashomer.
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An artificial heart generally serves as a temporary measure until an appropriate donor is found.
The patient, who has a rare blood type, was urgently in need of a transplant. He was hospitalized a week before the operation in critical condition.
When no appropriate donor was found after eight days, doctors decided he should undergo an artificial heart implant until a natural organ was found.
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