After his change of heart, Uncle Zhao kept a low profile and lived a peaceful life.
Apart from going to the hospital for weekly check-ups and follow-up after surgery, he never mentioned it to the outside world, for fear that others would notice anything abnormal about him.
He is low-key and invisible, but the doctors in the hospital are more high-profile than the last.
Director Li not only praised it in his circle of friends, but also strongly recommended the artificial heart to every patient with advanced heart failure, urging them not to wait any longer for a heart transplant.
There are actually several patients who have been waiting for seven or eight years without a matching heart. They volunteered to devote themselves to medical research and applied for humanitarian exemptions for surgery.
Five or six patients with advanced heart failure have been replaced with artificial hearts. Their lives have been saved and their quality of life has been greatly improved.
Such results, coupled with the survival period of up to 3 months in experimental animals after heart transplantation, have made the safety of artificial hearts also recognized.
After receiving approval from the health department, Sanqing's artificial heart officially started clinical trials.
Unlike drugs and common devices, artificial hearts must be implanted into the human body and run for a long time to maintain life, so they have the highest level of requirements.
According to the requirements, the domestic artificial heart needs to complete at least 50 clinical trials of rescuing patients with advanced heart failure, and the survival rate within three months must be above 80% to pass the approval for marketing.
Sanqing's artificial heart naturally has to meet this requirement.
This is because it has major technological breakthroughs and high biocompatibility. It is not a common transitional product on the market, but a permanent artificial heart, and it has taken the innovation acceleration channel.
50 cases is not too many for Sanqing, but after implantation into the human body, reexamination and follow-up must be continued to ensure long-term safety and functionality.
If these two points can be guaranteed, artificial hearts are likely to become another option for heart failure patients, and will no longer be a temporary solution for "bridging treatment".
Whether an artificial heart can replace heart transplantation depends on, first, whether the probability of complications of the artificial heart is high, and secondly, whether it should be compared with heart transplantation to see whether the survival curves of the two are close.
If after implanting an artificial heart, the patient is alive and well, has no disease or disaster, and can survive for more than ten years, then it is indeed no different from a heart transplant.
On the contrary, it is more convenient and cheaper. At least there is no need to take rejection drugs for a long time, and the maintenance cost is much lower.
Moreover, there are no traces of surgery on the appearance of the Sanqing artificial heart, so the patient has no psychological burden after using it. Taking all aspects into consideration, it can be regarded as a good choice in one step.
Unlike other surgeries, the implantation of an artificial heart is not the end of treatment, but the beginning.
Next, the patient's survival time is the key to determining whether the artificial heart can be a great success.
To be on the safe side, it will take at least half a year to a year to really draw a conclusion.
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Kunming City, First People's Hospital.
"In this way, after the artificial heart is inserted into the human body, it is sewn together with the heart. One end is connected to the left and right atria of the heart, and the other end is connected to the human aorta, completely replacing the blood pumping function of the left and right ventricles."
"Blood enters the artificial heart from the left and right ventricles through artificial blood vessels. The artificial heart then pushes the blood out and transports it to the aorta through the outflowing large blood vessels, thus completing the patient's blood circulation..."
Hawke stood in the operating room, staring blankly at everything in front of him. His mind went blank for a moment, and his whole body became stiff with shock.
As a surgeon at Cleveland, the world's second private hospital, and a rising star in the cardiac surgery department, he has seen a lot.
What are ventricular septal defect repair, patent ductus arteriosus ligation, atrial septal defect repair, stent surgery, valve replacement, coronary artery bypass grafting, cardiac valvuloplasty, etc.
What kind of surgery has he not seen?
Not to mention simple or complex heart surgeries, he has never done anything as difficult as a heart transplant.
However, he had never seen this scene before.
Not only is it a permanent artificial heart, it does not need to be connected to a power source and will not be visible at all after it is done.
This unimaginable scene not only had a strong impact on his outlook on life, but also made him, who had always been confident, begin to doubt life.
Has technology really advanced to this point?
Is this really something humans can do?
How is it done?
Hawke kept questioning himself in his heart, and finally had to face reality and accept the answer.
Sanqing Weikang!
It was that man, the man known as the Einstein of medicine, who created this miracle.
At first, he couldn't believe what he was seeing, but when he thought that this was the result of Sanqing, he suddenly began to take it for granted.
Except for that man, there is no one in the world who can create miracles every day.
He suddenly felt a little relaxed in his heart, mixed with a hint of joy.
Fortunately, Cleveland and Sanqing Royal Hospital have reached a strategic cooperation, so I can witness this grand event at the first time.
I don’t know how long it will take for the artificial heart to pass FDA review and be used in clinical trials overseas.
Originally, he was somewhat dissatisfied with his plan to come to Kunming for further study, but from the moment he saw the artificial heart, all his dissatisfaction was forgotten.
When I come here, studying medicine is actually the second most important thing. The most important thing is to learn the latest cutting-edge medical technology from Sanqing.
After thinking about this, he couldn't help but admire the foresight of Dr. Harrison, the dean.
After the operation was completed, he was so excited that he took pictures of the operation. He even took pictures of the patient's post-operative actions, which were no different from ordinary people, and packaged them and sent them to his immediate boss.
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"Dear Dr. Charlie, my study life in Sanqing has been very busy and fulfilling, full of surprises. Just today, I saw the total artificial heart just developed by Sanqing. It is simply a miraculous operation. Please see the attachment for detailed video.”
"There is no doubt that Sanqing will bring about a revolution in the extracardiac field, no, not just in the extracardiac field, but in the entire field of artificial organs. In any case, we in Cleveland cannot miss such an event."
"I am very curious about the survival rate of these patients who have been transplanted with artificial hearts. I want to know whether they will have complications and how long they can survive. In short, I don't want to miss a day of their status within 6 months. .”
"Therefore, I request to apply to extend my further study time from 3 months to 6 months. Please approve it."
After the email was sent, it quickly reached its destination.
On the other side of the ocean, in Eagle Country, Dr. Charlie came to the office early in the morning and saw the video of his proud protégé.
He is more experienced than Hawke. He reacted immediately just after watching the previous few minutes.
"It turns out to be a total artificial heart, not a ventricular assist device sewn on the apex of the heart!"
Realizing this, Charlie suddenly trembled, stared at the screen, and couldn't wait to read on.
As he watched, his expression became more and more fascinated, and his whole person was immersed in it.
After watching the entire video, Dr. Charlie jumped up from his seat.
"I made a mistake. I didn't go there in person this time, and I missed such an important discovery."
"I have to report this to the dean as soon as possible, and by the way, that one."
After Dr. Charlie forwarded the email to Dean Harrison, he left in a hurry.
He wanted to share the good news with an important person.
