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Man, 25, kept alive for a year and a half with an artificial heart in a BACKPACK finally receives transplant

Stan Larkin was fitted with SynCardia artificial heart while waiting for donor

His brother also relied on similar device to keep him alive

Larkin finally recieved his heart transplant last month

A Michigan 25 year old has finally received a heart transplant after a radical artificial heart in a backpack kept him alive for a record-breaking 17 months.

The first patient in Michigan ever discharged with a SynCardia temporary total artificial heart in 2014, Stan Larkin was back at the University of Michigan Frankel Cardiovascular Center last month for a heart transplant.

His brother also relied on the device to keep him alive - but received his transplant sooner.

AMERICA'S HEART CRISIS

'It was an emotional rollercoaster,' Larkin, 25, said at a news conference when he described living with the total artificial heart that was implanted to keep him alive until a donor heart became available.

'I got the transplant two weeks ago and I feel like I could take a jog as we speak.

'I want to thank the donor who gave themselves for me.

' I'd like to meet their family one day. Hopefully they'd want to meet me.'

With the total artificial heart there are two tubes that exit the body, and those tubes have to be connected to a machine that can deliver compressed air into the ventricles to allow blood to be pumped through the body.

Rather than stay in the hospital, Larkin used a wearable, 13.5 pound Freedom portable driver to keep the artificial heart going.

Stan's older brother Dominique also relied on a similar device before a heart transplant in 2015.

The brothers were diagnosed as teenagers with familial cardiomyopathy, a type of heart failure that can strike seemingly healthy people without warning.

It's linked to a leading cause of sudden death among athletes.

The surgery performed by Jonathan Haft, M.D. comes after living more than a year without a human heart and relying on a heart device he carried in a backpack.

'They were both very, very ill when we first met them in our intensive care units,' says Haft, associate professor of cardiac surgery.

'We wanted to get them heart transplants, but we didn't think we had enough time.

'There's just something about their unique anatomic situation where other technology wasn't going to work.'

HOW THE TOTAL ARTIFICIAL HEART WORKS

The temporary total artificial heart is used when both sides of the heart fail, and more common heart-supporting devices are not adequate to keep patients alive.

HISTORY OF ARTIFICIAL HEARTS

Some parts of the Total Artificial Heart have a 50-year working life, although patients are generally expected to use it for up to two years - during which it will 'beat' more than 200million times.

The rucksack contained a 14-pound battery powered pump that allowed him to leave the house for three-hour periods at a time.

Its US makers warn that using it more than two years because of the risk of blood clots building up.

Rather than stay in the hospital, Larkin used a wearable, 13.5 pound Freedom portable driver to keep the artificial heart going.

'He really thrived on the device,' Haft said looking at a photo of Stan on a basketball court. 'This wasn't made for pick-up basketball,' he joked.

'Stan pushed the envelope with this technology.'

As Haft teaches at the University of Michigan Medical School, the brothers have joined him to share the impact that circulatory support can have on those with end-stage heart failure.

Of the 5.7 million Americans living with heart failure, about 10 percent have advanced heart failure, according to the American Heart Association.

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Updated June 17, 2016 10:02:12

An angry group of homeless people has gatecrashed the Vinnies CEO Sleepout event being held in Adelaide's CBD, accusing participants of not understanding their plight.

The annual event, held Australia-wide, sees business executives sleep outside in a bid to raise money for homeless services and awareness of homeless people's situation.

Marquees and fences were erected specifically for the event in Whitmore Square, which is usually frequented by homeless people.

St Vincent de Paul chief executive officer David Wark told 891 ABC Adelaide he thought the marquees and fences may have offended the group of five or six people.

"We didn't put the marquees or the fencing in an area where they might normally occupy," Mr Wark said.

"I think it was just having marquees in Whitmore Square was something very different and took people by surprise."

Mr Wark said the homeless people accused participants of not understanding what homelessness felt like.

"The homeless people were demanding in one instance, 'can you give us some money', and in other instances 'what are you doing here? Don't think you know what homelessness is like because you're sleeping out for a night', which is a very fair point to make," Mr Wark said.

"They certainly stayed and made their presence felt and then occupied a seat or two for maybe 15 or 20 minutes, but that's okay, that's a real experience and that's what we're trying to provide people that are doing it.

"There was no doubt it was confronting, but that was the intention of having it at Whitmore Square."

Last night's event, in which more than 120 CEOs took part, raised $560,000 for St Vincent de Paul.

Mr Wark said the money would be used to invest in technology to better service the homeless, as well as being put towards programs aimed at women in crisis.

He said it was hard to measure the number of homeless people living in Adelaide, but demand for meal services had increased over the past year.

"Measuring those that are sleeping rough is a real challenge ... but what I can tell you is Vinnies provides meals through our Fred Van's service and last calendar year we did just over 30,000 and this year we're tracking towards 40,000," Mr Wark said.

"The demand on those sorts of services is certainly most apparent."

Topics: homelessness, community-and-society, event, charities-and-community-organisations, charities, adelaide-5000, sa

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Updated June 17, 2016 10:02:12 An angry group of homeless people has gatecrashed the Vinnies CEO Sleepout event being held in Adelaide's CBD, accusing participants of not understanding their plight. The annual event, held Australia-wide, sees business executives sleep outside in a bid to raise money for homeless services and awareness of homeless people's situation.

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