Northern Irish Man Becomes First To Receive World's Smallest Heart Pump
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 ....