leaving thousands of patients relying on artificial pumps as a temporary option while they wait. Even then, heart transplants are not a long-term solution, with only about half of all heart ...

meaning the temporary measure is an important approach to keeping the patient alive in this time frame. US-based Syncardia Systems has developed the only total artificial heart approved by the FDA.

Heart muscle can regenerate after failure in some people with artificial hearts, an international research team has found. The team co-led by a physician-scientist at the University of Arizona ...