Tag: artificial heart

Toronto Pre-Teen the Youngest Person in Canada to Receive Total Artificial Heart

July 18, 2022
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Multiple heart surgeries and near-death experiences have earned 12-year-old Mariam Tannous the nickname Mariam Miracle, says her mom. And for good reason: About one year ago the now-thriving pre-teen became the youngest person in Canada, and among the smallest in the world, to receive a device known as a total artificial heart. Her doctors at…

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Australian Exports of Critical Heart Valve Replacements to US Impacted by Worker Shortage

June 17, 2022
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Australian companies that supply human heart valve replacements to the United States have been struggling to fulfil export orders due to the industry’s worker shortage. Queensland-based Nolan Meats, one of several Australian businesses accredited to supply bovine tissue to U.S. medical companies for the heart valve replacements—which are created from the delicate tissue around a…

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