Orange County Man Dies After Apparent Failure Of Artificial Heart Compressor

(By Anna Gorman for California Healthline)

The Food and Drug Administration is investigating repeated problems with a portable compressor for artificial hearts that may have played a role in the death earlier this month of a 57-year-old Orange County man. Continue reading article here……

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