Items Tagged ‘heart failure’
May 24, 2010
Mayo Clinic Artificial Heart Patient on CBS Evening News
By Lee Aase 
A Mayo Clinic patient achieved a medical milestone recently when he was the first U.S. patient to go home with a new kind of portable artificial heart. CBS Evening News covered the story, which began as follows: For nearly two years, 43-year-old Charles Okeke has tried to live a normal life in the hospital tethered […]
Tags: artificial heart, CBS News, charles okeke, Francisco Arabia, heart failure, Heart transplant, Mayo Clinic