Developed medical technologies have allowed men at the age of forty to become the first person to receive a full artificial heart. This was announced at the St. Vincent's hospital in Sydney. The patient was suffering from cardiac insufficiency and lived with an artificial heart – a titanium blood pump – for over 100 days, until in March he underwent surgery to transplant a real heart.
In November 2024, the patient underwent surgery to install an artificial heart as a temporary measure while waiting for a donor organ – the first operation of this kind in Australia. In February 2025, he was allowed to be discharged from the hospital with the device, and in the current March, he received a donor heart.
The hospital stated that the patient set a record for the duration of survival with an artificial heart. This is a significant step in the development of technologies for artificial hearts, allowing people to live with devices without the need for the transplant of a native organ.
