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How long can someone live with an artificial heart?

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Dr. Michael Depietro answered

Specializes in Pulmonary Critical Care

No certain answer: There is no real answer to this question since there are a number of different artificial hearts implanted for different reasons, some just assist the damaged heart and some replace its actions all together. Usually the artificial heart is a bridge to transplant with a real donor heart. The longest survival without a replacement human heart transplant is a little over 1500 days at present.

Answered 4/17/2019

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