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<div class="articleImage"><a href="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/srp-view.aspx?id=190349" target="_blank" rel="featuredImagesMain"><img src="/portal/ucla/artwork/4/1/4/3/0/241430/Chad_Washington-c.jpg" alt="Chad Washington" border="0"></a> <div style="padding: 10px;" class="articleImageSub">Chad Washington with total artificial heart and pump device</div> <script> $(document).ready(function(){ if($("div.articleImageSub").text() != "") $("div.articleImageSub").css({'padding':'10px'}); }); </script> </div> <div>Imagine living without a heart. It <em>is</em> possible &#x2014; if you have a new artificial heart pumping blood through your body. You can even go to the supermarket, watch your kid's soccer game or go on a hike.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><a href="http://www.uclahealth.org/homepage_med.cfm" target="_self"><strong>Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center</strong></a> has performed its first procedure to remove a patient's diseased heart and replace it with a SynCardia Temporary Total Artificial Heart.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Chad Washington, 35, underwent the seven-hour transplant surgery at UCLA on Oct. 29, led by <a href="http://www.uclahealth.org/body.cfm?xyzpdqabc=0&amp;id=479&amp;action=detail&amp;ref=25672"><strong>Dr. Murray Kwon</strong></a>, an assistant professor of cardiothoracic surgery.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The temporary pump will act as a "bridge" until Washington receives a new donor heart.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>"Historically, patients with a total artificial heart had to remain hospitalized while they waited for a transplant because they were tethered to a large machine to power the device," Kwon said. "Today, however, this device can be powered by advanced technology small enough to fit in a backpack."</div>