Artificial Heart Pumps Keep Three Teenagers Alive Until Life-Saving Heart Transplants at Narayana Health
Jun 05, 2026
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 5: In a series of extraordinary medical recoveries, three teenagers facing certain death from end-stage heart failure have been given a second chance at life, thanks to the successful use of artificial heart pumps. The clinical team at Narayana Health used these advanced artificial heart pumps known as Ventricular Assist Devices (VADs) to keep the young patients alive until life-saving donor hearts could be found.