Gé rard Langevin
"Live well" without a pulse
Mcgill University Health Center held a press conference on February 13, and Dr. Renzo Seseri and Dr. nadia Giannetti announced this medical breakthrough. Ian Popper, a spokesman for the Health Center, said the patient's name was Gé rard langevin. A few months ago, Langevin suffered from heart failure due to a heart attack and was admitted to hospital for heart surgery on123. Because of his excessive emaciation, low blood pressure and poor physical condition after illness, the doctor thought that the patient was not suitable for heart transplantation. Therefore, implanting a mechanical heart has become the only way to save Langevin's life.
At present, Langevin has recovered well. "Langevin may feel a little shaken by the fact that he has no pulse," Pope said, "but it turns out that he is living well now."
The life of mechanical heart is at least 10 years.
The success of this operation is also attributed to the new medical equipment-mechanical heart. It transports human blood from the left ventricle to the aorta through the built-in turbine and the power pump, and then continuously supplies blood to all parts of the body by using the power provided by the power supply installed in the abdomen. "Continuous blood flow does not produce pulsation," Cecere said.
Cecere also said that in fact, the magnetic field inside the mechanical heart makes the turbine run in suspension, so there will be no friction and no parts wear. Thus, the power pump should have a long service life.
It is estimated that the service life of this mechanical heart named "Heart Companion" is at least 10 years, which is longer than other similar products and not inferior to the survival life of patients receiving human heart transplantation.
It is expected to replace heart transplantation.
Including Langevin, Canada * * * has done 4 cases of mechanical heart transplantation, and the other 3 cases were unsuccessful.
According to a spokesperson of Thoratec, a mechanical heart manufacturer, about 400 patients in Europe and the United States have received mechanical heart transplants, but Langevin is the first patient who recovered well after surgery.
Doctors believe that mechanical heart is expected to become a substitute for ordinary heart transplantation and provide a new treatment for heart patients.