Artificial heart This technologically advanced pneumatic Phoenix-7 Total Artificial Heart was manufactured by a Taiwanese dentist Kelvin K. Cheng, a Chinese physician T. M. Kao and colleagues at the Taiwan TAH Research Center in Tainan, Republic of China (Taiwan). With this experimental artificial heart, the patient's BP was maintained at 90-100/40-55 mmHg and cardiac output at 4.2–5.8 L/min. The patient then received the world's first successful combined heart and kidney transplantation after bridging with a total artificial heart. The first AbioCor to be surgically implanted in a patient was on July 3, 2001. SynCardia is a company based in Tucson, Arizona which
Animal welfare and rights in Argentina Animal welfare and rights in Argentina Animal welfare and rights in Argentina is about laws concerning and treatment of non-human animals in Argentina. Argentina has weak protections for animals by international standards. Argentina's Law 14246 (1954) prohibits cruelty toward animals. This does not include harm caused by failure to act, and it is not clear which animals the law applies to. Regarding farm animals in particular, Argentina also has legislation on animal slaughter and livestock transportation. There are also a legislative framework on farm animal health, which provides for the creation of an Animal Health Police force, and policy literature