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To: steve harris who wrote (338269)	5/22/2007 6:39:37 AM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1586736

It's interesting that you are arguing for US health care with the "Berlin Heart" an exceptionally effective device which is made in Germany and still not approved by the FDA. A key weapon was a German-built device, the Berlin Heart, that helped keep him alive until a heart could be found. Increasingly used to keep hearts beating in children, the device is not approved for use in the United States. Though Joseph's doctors received a "compassionate use" exemption to use the Berlin Heart, his story spotlights a situation that has proven frustrating to doctors who are upset the device has not received Food and Drug Administration approval. The extra time it takes to get a waiver puts patients in jeopardy because time is so critical when a heart is failing, says Richard Smith, technical director of the Artificial Heart Program at the University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, the first U.S. hospital to use the Berlin Heart with special FDA permission. clarionledger.com