盐湖城的犹他大学医学院发展了一种新的人工心脏,井将在数月内植入人体。研究小组已决定把这种用塑料和铝制作的心泵付诸实用,预料将会很快地得到美国食品和药物管理局的最后批准。接受人工心脏植入手术的是一位无可救药,濒死的心脏病患者。威廉·C戴佛瑞斯医师将是该手术的主刀。该手术是期待已久、仅有的第二例人工心脏植入手术。 The University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City has developed a new artificial heart that will be implanted into the body within months. The team has decided to put this heart-pump made of plastic and aluminum into practical use, and is expected to get the final approval of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration quickly. Undergoing artificial cardiac implant surgery is an incurable, dying heart disease. William C. Dyersons physician will be the surgeon. The surgery is the long-awaited, second only case of artificial cardiac implant surgery.