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A last-ditch effort to save patients with heart failure by putting them
on a machine not only kept them alive but helped their hearts to
recover, researchers reported Monday. It was the first time any therapy
had been shown to improve a damaged heart cell's function, and could
open a door to treating heart failure, the researchers said. The
machine, known as a left ventricular assist device, is used to keep
patients alive while they wait for a heart transplant. Dr. Kenneth
Margulies and colleagues at Temple University Cardiac Transplant Center
in Philadelphia found the device did more than just keep the patients
alive. It made their heart cells work better.
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