Over the past 50 years, significant advances have been made in the development of total artificial hearts (TAH). These advances have most recently led to a clinical trial of a unique, transcutaneously powered TAH.
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Cooley, D. The total artificial heart. Nat Med 9, 108–111 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0103-108
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