This is not an Artificial Heart (Score 1)

So this article i found to be kind of annoying and misleading. Sure the technology/device that is being used to keep this woman alive is absolutely amazing, but it's not an artificial heart. The device she received is called a left ventricular assist device (LVAD), which is attached TO her existing heart to help her heart pump blood. Her heart is totally still in her, and is still pumping away, it is just not very strong and doesn't make much of an impact on her overall total blood flow. If she had received an artificial heart, her old heart would have been totally removed and replaced with a machine. Just thought i should clarify the type of device that she had received. Oh specifically it's called a HeartMate II. You can check out more info from the compay's website http://www.thoratec.com/.