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Australian man survives 100 days with artificial heart in world-first success

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The BiVACOR total artificial heart is the world’s first implantable rotary blood pump that can act as a complete replacement for a human heart.

The implant is designed as a bridge to keep patients alive until a donor heart transplant becomes available.

The patient, a man in his 40s from New South Wales , was discharged from the hospital with the implant in February .

A donor heart became available to be transplanted in March .

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