Items Tagged ‘mechanical heart’
July 17, 2013
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
July 19, 2013 Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media […]
Tags: 3-D printing, Action News Jacksonville, Action News Jax, Advisory Council on Alzheimer’s Research, alzheimer's disease, American City Business Journals, Angela Schraeder, AP, Arizona Daily Star, Associated Press, Barb Spurrier, Best Hospitals
April 10, 2012
New Artificial Heart Lets Patients Leave Hospital
Sometime this week, 51-year-old Alvin Carter will leave the Mayo Clinic with a man-made heart and a power pack, ushering in a new era in Minnesota medicine. In March, Carter became the first patient in Minnesota — and one of 1,000 in the world — to receive a portable artificial heart that won’t keep him […]
Tags: Dr. Lyle Joyce, mechanical heart, SynCardia