Just under 7.5 years is the bar for longest lived with artificial heart.
!RemindMe 8 years
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Thought I saw a headline about him living 90 days, implying he didn't live longer. Sorry, I didn't click on it to verify that my inference was accurate.
The man lived with the artificial heart for more than 100 days until a human heart match was found last week. His transplant surgery was also a success, and he is recovering well.
battery currently lasts 4 hours, so probably safe to guess he spent that 100 days in a hospital. still really impressive.
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