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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which IIT developed Artificial Heart to deal with Acute Cardiac Problems?
A
IIT Kanpur
B
IIT Madras
C
IIT Delhi
D
IIT Bombay
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -IIT Kanpur and cardiologists from across the country have developed this artificial heart. Trial on animals will start from February or March.

Detailed explanation-2: -A team of doctors from Narayana Hrudayalaya lead by Dr Bagirath R and Dr T R Rajesh, along with a team lead by Dr Lyle Joyce, Surgical Director of the Ventricular Assist Device Program of Minnesota, US, successfully implanted a VAD in Venkatakrishnaiah, in a surgery that took over four hours.

Detailed explanation-3: -Thirty years ago on Dec. 2, 1982, in the darkest hours of the morning, cardiothoracic surgeon William DeVries, MD, carefully removed the ravaged heart of Dr. Barney Clark-a heart that tore like tissue paper due to years of treatment with steroids-and replaced it with the world’s first permanent artificial heart.

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