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German heart specialist Roland Hetzer, who implanted the new DeBakey titanium miniaturized heart ass.., 1998-11-17...

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German heart specialist Roland Hetzer, who implanted the new DeBakey titanium miniaturized heart ass.., 1998-11-17 (photo)
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Fabrizio Bensch
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1998 AD
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1998-11-17
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German heart specialist Roland Hetzer, who implanted the new DeBakey titanium miniaturized heart assist pump for the first time worldwide shows the latest advancement in artificial heart technology at Berlin's German Heart Centre November 17. The device, developed by renowned U.S. physicians Michael DeBakey, George Noon at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston/Texas and the NASA, was implanted for the first time worldwide in a 56-year-old German patient on November 13. The development of the pump cost $15-20 million and sell for about $50,000. The DeBakey Ventricular Assist Device System (VAD) is produced by U.S.-based medical firm MicroMed Technology, Inc.

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