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A groundbreaking medical procedure was celebrated Tuesday in Louisville.A Kentucky woman received the first of its kind artificial heart implant at Jewish Hospital.According to national data, about 6 million people in the U.S. experience heart failure. Now there's a new option for the sickest of those an artificial heart implant.Dr. Mark Slaughter, cardiothoracic surgeon, said the Aeson heart can be a replacement for both ventricles, the main pumping chambers of the heart.On Sept. 14, the cardiothoracic surgical team at UofL Health-Jewish Hospital made history by performing the world's first Aeson bioprosthetic artificial heart implantation on the Kentucky woman.Like many suffering from heart failure, Slaughter said the 57-year-old was very sick before the surgery."Heart attacks in the past blocked coronary arteries. Because of it, the heart had become weak," Slaughter said. "She had developed a leaky valve."The device closely mimics the human heart and is intended to be a bridge to a heart transplant, giving the patient time to receive a permanent heart.It was created by a French company.UofL Health-Jewish Hospital is just one of four programs in the nation approved to perform the clinical trial procedure."The amazing part of this device, it is about the same size as a human heart," Slaughter said. "It is pulsatile, it provides the same type of blood pressure, pulse and flow as a normal heart would."Slaughter said the device is giving new hope for a longer life. And it's starting with the first female patient who is already showing promise. She's expected to leave the hospital in the next few weeks.Slaughter said a day after the operation, the woman was off the breathing machine. Now, she is sitting up in bed is recently began eating again.The same team that performed the first heart implant in a woman completed the nation's second implant on a man at Jewish Hospital last month.

A groundbreaking medical procedure was celebrated Tuesday in Louisville.

A Kentucky woman received the first of its kind artificial heart implant at Jewish Hospital.

According to national data, about 6 million people in the U.S. experience heart failure. Now there's a new option for the sickest of those an artificial heart implant.

Dr. Mark Slaughter, cardiothoracic surgeon, said the Aeson heart can be a replacement for both ventricles, the main pumping chambers of the heart.

On Sept. 14, the cardiothoracic surgical team at UofL Health-Jewish Hospital made history by performing the world's first Aeson bioprosthetic artificial heart implantation on the Kentucky woman.

Like many suffering from heart failure, Slaughter said the 57-year-old was very sick before the surgery.

"Heart attacks in the past blocked coronary arteries. Because of it, the heart had become weak," Slaughter said. "She had developed a leaky valve."

The device closely mimics the human heart and is intended to be a bridge to a heart transplant, giving the patient time to receive a permanent heart.

It was created by a French company.

UofL Health-Jewish Hospital is just one of four programs in the nation approved to perform the clinical trial procedure.

"The amazing part of this device, it is about the same size as a human heart," Slaughter said. "It is pulsatile, it provides the same type of blood pressure, pulse and flow as a normal heart would."

Slaughter said the device is giving new hope for a longer life. And it's starting with the first female patient who is already showing promise. She's expected to leave the hospital in the next few weeks.

Slaughter said a day after the operation, the woman was off the breathing machine. Now, she is sitting up in bed is recently began eating again.

The same team that performed the first heart implant in a woman completed the nation's second implant on a man at Jewish Hospital last month.

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UofL Jewish Hospital performs world's first-of-its-kind artificial heart implant - WLKY Louisville

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