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First Self-contained Heart Implanted
A patient on the brink of death has received the world's first self-contained artificial heart一a battery-
powered device about the size of a softball that runs without the need for wires,tubes or hoses sticking out of
the chest.
Two surgeons from the University of Louisville implanted the titanium and plastic pump during a
seven-hour operation at Jewish Hospital Monday.The hospital said the patient was"awake and responsive"
Tuesday and resting comfortably.It refused to release personal details.
The patient had been expected to die within a month without the operation,and doctors said they
expected the artificial heart to extend the person's life by only a month.But the device is considered a major
step toward improving the patient's quality of life.
The new pump,called AbioCor,is also a technological leap from the mechanical hearts used in the
1980s,which were attached by wires and tubes to bulky machinery outside the body. The most famous of
those,the Jarvic-7,used air as a pumping device and was attached to an apparatus about the size of a washing
machine.
"I think it's potentially a major step forward in the artificial heart development,"said Dr. David Faxon,
president of the American Heart Association.However,he said the dream of an implantable,permanent
artificial heart is not yet a reality:"This is obviously an experimental device whose long-term success has to
be demonstrated."Only about half of the 4,200 Americans on a waiting list for donor hearts received them
last year,and most of the rest died.
Some doctors ,including Robert Higgins, chairman of cardiology（心脏病学）at the Medical College of
Virginia in Richmond,said artificial hearts are unlikely to replace donor hearts.
"A donor heart in a good transplant can last 15 to 30 years,"he said."It's going to be hard to replace
that with a machine."
The AbioCor has a 2-pound pumping unit,and electronic controls that adjust the pumping speed based
on the body's needs.It is powered by a small battery pack worn outside the body that transmits current
through the skin.
Some doctors doubt the possibility of donor hearts being replaced by artificial ones.
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B.Wrong
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World Heart Day
Sunday was World Heart Day.The World Heart Federation and its member groups in
more than one hundred countries organized the celebrations.The World Health
Organization and other United Nations agencies provided support for the__________(1).
World Heart Day was first observed six years________(2).Organizers proposed
the event as a way to help reduce the spread of heart disease.The World Heart Federation
says heart_________(3)kills seventeen million people each year.
The group urges people to be active and have a good,healthy diet.It also warns
_________(4)activities known to increase a person's risk of heart attack or stroke.
Some of the warnings are directed at children.The World Heart Federation says about
twenty-two million boys and girls under the age of five are obese-severely overweight.
Children are normally energetic and active.________(5),two thirds of all
children are not active enough.Such children greatly__________(6)their risk of
becoming obese.They also increase their_________(7)of developing heart disease or
other disorders.
One message of World Heart Day is to eat right.Children__________(8)eat a
healthy and balanced diet.Also,limit sugary drinks,sweets and eating between meals.
The World Heart Federation urges parents to keep their children__________(9).It
says physical exercise helps to decrease the risk of obesity and_______(10)a child
healthy.Obese children often become obese adults.________(11)you believe your
child is too heavy,talk with a health care provider.
The World Heart Federation is also concerned about the effects of tobacco on young
people.It says the younger someone begins to smoke,the_________(12)the chance
of a health problem tied to smoking.Half of the young people who continue to smoke are
________(13)to die later in life from a smoking-related disease.
The group says almost half of all children live with a smoker. It says children who live
with a_________(14)can breathe an amount of tobacco equal to more than two
thousand cigarettes.And that is by the time they are five years old.
The World Heart Federation also says parents should warn children not to be
______(15)by tobacco companies.And it says parents who smoke should try to stop.
_________(14)
A.patient
B.relative
C.parent
D.smoker
