Installing a pump in the heart might initially sound like something out of a science fiction novel or pulp literature.
Although the development of modern medical technology has made the implantation of auxiliary devices into the heart possible, with things like pacemakers already widely used, the idea of implanting a pump into the human body still seems somewhat unbelievable.
We often hear about American doctors using artificial pumps to replace necrotic hearts of patients, or how a pump installed in an elderly British heart needs a battery change every six hours... But a closer investigation often reveals these are just what people call soft articles, lacking any case support.
