(250415) -- WUHAN, April 15, 2025 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 14, 2025 shows the magnetically levitated biventricular assist device designed for children in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province. A 7-year-old Chinese boy suffering from end-stage heart failure has become the world's youngest patient to receive a magnetically levitated biventricular assist device, the smallest and lightest artificial heart on the market.
The surgery, conducted earlier this month at Union Hospital affiliated with Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, central China, marks a breakthrough that could transform pediatric cardiac care globally, doctors said on Tuesday.
The boy, going by the pseudonym Junjun, received the newly developed heart weighing just 45 grams and measuring 2.9 cm in diameter. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
