{{A Czech man whose heart had been replaced with two mechanical pumps died six months after the surgery, aged 37}}.<\/p>\n
Jakub Halik had been unable to take the drugs required to receive a transplant due to an earlier diagnosis of cancer.<\/p>\n
After the surgery, he had to carry a battery pack to keep his heart pumping but reported feeling physically healthy. He was even able to exercise at the gym.<\/p>\n
The operation was done last April by Jan Pirk, director of cardiology at the Institute of Clinical and Experimental Medicine in Prague. <\/p>\n
The team designed two plastic pumps to perform the roles of the right and left sides of the heart. <\/p>\n
The doctors said a liver problem caused his death, not the artificial heart. A post-mortem is still under way. <\/p>\n
The only other person to have received the same surgery, a man in Texas, survived for only a week. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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