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Australian man survives 100 days with artificial heart in world-first success
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 12 Mar 2025
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Not to belittle this accomplishment, but how is this a "World's First" success?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_heart
Because I read the article I actually know the answer! It's the first time this technology has been used in a human, and it's been a huge success so far. Quote from the article