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National Geographic cover story features CardioWest temporary total artificial heart

Published in Cardiovascular Business Week, February 20th, 2007

The cover story for National Geographic's annual heart issue is "Healing the Heart," a 26-page article that includes photographs featuring the CardioWest temporary total artificial heart (TAH-t). The CardioWest TAH-t is the modern version of the Jarvik-7 artificial heart from the 1980s.

Several photos document the struggle of 62-year-old Berlin patient, Siegfried Streiter, who was dying from end-stage biventricular failure. This fatal condition occurs when both sides of the heart no longer pump enough blood to sustain the patient's body.

On June 8, 2006, Roland Hetzer, MD medical director of the Berlin Heart Institute, removed Siegfried's...

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Source: Cardiovascular Business Week (2007-02-20)

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