France pioneers artificial heart implant

Paris surgeons say the first recipient of long-term heart implant is “doing very well”, as human trials continue.

It is a world’s first: an artificial heart designed to stay in the body for five years.

Similar devices have been used for decades as a short-term measure, but recipients will be able to keep this one for longer as they await donors.

Al Jazeera’s Barbara Angopa reports.

Source: Al Jazeera