New York——外科医生已经准备好一个永久性的可植入的人工心脏,在不久的将来(可能在年内)植入病人体内。这一惊人的手术,许多人都将会感到是人类与心脏病斗争的新纪元的开始。在 Utah 大学,医生们用聚氨酯制作的机械心脏已级实验了廿年,医院委员会在今年1月份批准了他们做这一手术。现在,外科医生们正在等着美国 FDA(Foodand Drug Administration 食品及药物管理局)的最后通知。 New York - The surgeon has a permanent implantable artificial heart ready for implantation in the patient’s body in the near future, probably during the year. This amazing operation, many people will feel the beginning of a new era of human struggle with heart disease. At Utah University, doctors have made mechanical heart-shaped polyurethane experiments for 20 years. The hospital committee approved them in January this year. Now surgeons are waiting for the final notice from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.