A Northern Ireland man is the first recipient of an artificial heart pump the size of a golf ball .
Harold Chivers , a 63 - twelvemonth - sometime man from Bangor , County Down , is the first individual in the public to get the Miniaturized Ventricular Assist gadget ( MVAD ) plant .
The MVAD sits at the base of the spirit , helping to pump blood around the harmonium . The equipment costs about £ 80,000 , and is belittled than its precursors . Particular configurations take into account for the MVAD to adjust to the patient ’s lifestyle and routines .
Chivers suffered a heart attack late last year . With his wellness decline , Chivers was waiting in line for a heart transplant until the opportunity of this unexampled OR became uncommitted .
carry out by Professor Stephan Schueler , a advisor cardiac surgeon at theFreeman Hospital in Newcastle , England , the operation was deem successful . Under careful monitoring , Chivers is making great onward motion to a full recuperation and is expected to return home within a affair of daylight , says Professor Schueler .
" I feel big , it has really improved my breathing and the operation has gone really well , ” said Harold Chivers , speak to theTelegraph . “ I am beget a luck good , I ’m eating a lot better , I ’m getting around and influence on my physio . There ’s a long way to go but I ’m going to do it . ”
Professor Schueler pronounce of his affected role : “ He is in the summons of being teach how to utilise it , keep it clean and how to alter the batteries . There are mess of safety features , it is like taking your driver ’s licence . "
The MVAD is power by an extraneous battery pack connected by a wire , which can be carry well by the affected role . At 78 gramme , the gimmick is about half as enceinte as its predecessor , and is about the size of a golf ball .
Because of its pocket-size sizing , children with heart disease could be eligible to have an MVAD fitted .
While Harold Chivers was the first , lashings of patients will now be part of a tryout process as the MVAD is test in aesculapian centers around the world .
[ H / T : Telegraph ]
