May 14, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Minnesota’s First Man To Live Without A Heart
It’s easy to forget to re-charge our cell phones, or iPads, but what if your life relied on a battery? For one patient at the Mayo Clinic, his lifeline is a plastic, rechargeable heart. Alvin Carter carries around this backpack at all times…Carter was diagnosed with a disease called amyloidosis two months ago, a condition […]
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Tags: Amyloidosis, Artificial Heart, Dr. Lyle Joyce, WCCO
April 13, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
April 13, 2012 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 relations oestreich.karl@mayo.edu […]
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Tags: alzheimer's disease, Artificial Heart, CNBC, Dr. Charles Adler, Dr. Jerry Brewer, Dr. Lyle Joyce, Dr. Ron Peterson, Los Angeles Times, melanoma, MPR News, Pioneer Press, Skin Cancer Foundation
April 10, 2012 · Leave a Comment
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 […]
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Tags: Dr. Lyle Joyce, mechanical heart, SynCardia