{"id":55279,"date":"2025-03-13T22:50:08","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T22:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enfoquenoticioso.com\/?p=55279"},"modified":"2025-03-13T22:50:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T22:50:08","slug":"un-hombre-sale-del-hospital-con-un-corazon-de-titanio-en-le-pecho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enfoquenoticioso.com\/?p=55279","title":{"rendered":"Un hombre sale del hospital con un coraz\u00f3n de titanio en le pecho"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>El pasado 6 de marzo, un <strong>hombre australiano de 40 a\u00f1os <\/strong>recibi\u00f3 con \u00e9xito un <a href=\"https:\/\/hipertextual.com\/2015\/10\/llegamos-trasplantar-corazones\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trasplante<\/a> de coraz\u00f3n. Su caso pas\u00f3 a la historia de la medicina, pero no por esto, sino porque durante los <strong>105 d\u00edas anteriores <\/strong>hizo vida pr\u00e1cticamente normal, a la espera de la llegada del \u00f3rgano, gracias a un <strong>coraz\u00f3n de titanio.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No es la primera vez que un ser humano recibe un dispositivo de este tipo. De hecho, ha sido el sexto en recibirlo. Pero su caso es especial por dos motivos. Porque ha sido el primer caso fuera de Estados Unidos y, sobre todo, porque tambi\u00e9n ha sido el \u00fanico paciente que <strong>ha salido del hospital con el coraz\u00f3n puesto.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Los pacientes anteriores tuvieron el coraz\u00f3n de titanio durante unos pocos d\u00edas, a\u00fan en el hospital, a la espera de recibir un trasplante de coraz\u00f3n. De hecho, el primero, un hombre de 58 a\u00f1os <a href=\"https:\/\/bivacor.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">intervenido en un hospital de Texas<\/a>, solo lo tuvo 8 d\u00edas. Esto ocurri\u00f3 en 2024 y fue el broche de <strong>casi 25 a\u00f1os de investigaci\u00f3n<\/strong>, que ahora han pasado al siguiente nivel al demostrar que, en realidad, el coraz\u00f3n de titanio es mucho m\u00e1s funcional de lo que parece.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_81 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Tabla de Contenido<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Alternar tabla de contenidos\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/enfoquenoticioso.com\/?p=55279\/#%C2%BFPor_que_un_corazon_de_titanio\" >\u00bfPor qu\u00e9 un coraz\u00f3n de titanio?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/enfoquenoticioso.com\/?p=55279\/#Un_australiano_trabajando_en_su_tierra\" >Un australiano trabajando en su tierra<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-por-que-un-corazon-de-titanio\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%C2%BFPor_que_un_corazon_de_titanio\"><\/span>\u00bfPor qu\u00e9 un coraz\u00f3n de titanio?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>El objetivo del coraz\u00f3n de titanio no es permanecer para siempre en el pecho de los pacientes. Es un<strong> \u00f3rgano de transici\u00f3n <\/strong>que se utiliza cuando su situaci\u00f3n es tan insostenible que dif\u00edcilmente aguantar\u00edan con vida a la llegada de un \u00f3rgano compatible.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"517\" alt=\"Rechazan el trasplante de coraz\u00f3n de un hombre por ser antivacunas\" class=\"wp-image-1371999 perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Rechazan-el-trasplante-de-corazon-de-un-hombre-por-ser-antivacunas-1500x994.jpg?resize=780%2C517&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Rechazan-el-trasplante-de-corazon-de-un-hombre-por-ser-antivacunas.jpg?resize=1500%2C994&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1500w, 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Rechazan-el-trasplante-de-corazon-de-un-hombre-por-ser-antivacunas.jpg?resize=1200%2C795&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Rechazan-el-trasplante-de-corazon-de-un-hombre-por-ser-antivacunas.jpg?resize=1568%2C1039&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1568w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Rechazan-el-trasplante-de-corazon-de-un-hombre-por-ser-antivacunas.jpg?resize=400%2C265&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Rechazan-el-trasplante-de-corazon-de-un-hombre-por-ser-antivacunas.jpg?w=2340&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 2340w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Rechazan-el-trasplante-de-corazon-de-un-hombre-por-ser-antivacunas-1500x994.jpg?w=370&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Se usa a la espera de la llegada de un \u00f3rgano real. Cr\u00e9dito: Unsplash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/world-first-man-leaves-hospital-with-life-saving-titanium-heart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Se trata<\/a> de un dispositivo met\u00e1lico con una h\u00e9lice levitante que<strong> empuja la sangre <\/strong>hacia los pulmones y el resto de \u00f3rganos que la necesiten. Esta pieza levitante gira entre dos c\u00e1maras, de tal manera que en ning\u00fan momento llega a tocar una superficie dura. Si estos ocurriera, podr\u00eda producirse <strong>corrosi\u00f3n <\/strong>y da\u00f1ar el \u00f3rgano artificial con el paso del tiempo.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Es muy compacto, con un peso de<strong> 650 gramos,<\/strong> por lo que puede implantarse en pechos masculinos, femeninos o incluso de ni\u00f1os de a partir de 12 a\u00f1os. A\u00fan no se sabe cu\u00e1l ser\u00e1 su duraci\u00f3n m\u00e1xima. Sin embargo, los responsables de <strong>BiVACOR<\/strong>, la compa\u00f1\u00eda que los fabrica, se\u00f1alan que en el laboratorio han logrado mantenerlo funcionando ya durante <strong>4 a\u00f1os<\/strong>. Solo hay que cambiar la bater\u00eda cuando sea necesario.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-un-australiano-trabajando-en-su-tierra\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Un_australiano_trabajando_en_su_tierra\"><\/span>Un australiano trabajando en su tierra<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Esta intervenci\u00f3n ha sido muy especial para el creador de BiVACOR, <strong>Daniel Timms.<\/strong> Este <strong>ingeniero biom\u00e9dico<\/strong> australiano ha estado trabajando en el desarrollo de un coraz\u00f3n de titanio desde que su padre sufri\u00f3 un ataque card\u00edaco en 2001.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"411\" alt=\"coraz\u00f3n artificial\" class=\"wp-image-1835182 perfmatters-lazy\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.hipertextual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BiVACOR-Total-Artificial-Heart-Blood-Loop-Test-with-Daniel-Timms-PhD-Founder-CTO_Credit-BiVACOR-scaled-1-1500x791.jpg?w=370&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Daniel Timms lleva casi 25 a\u00f1os trabajando en su coraz\u00f3n de titanio. BiVACOR. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hasta ahora hab\u00eda trabajado solo en Estados Unidos, pero en esta ocasi\u00f3n ha podido apoyar la intervenci\u00f3n de un paciente en su propio pa\u00eds. Este se eligi\u00f3 por la gravedad de su patolog\u00eda, que no le permit\u00eda desplazarse durante m\u00e1s de <strong>10 o 15 metros <\/strong>sin que se sintiese incapaz de respirar. Gracias al coraz\u00f3n de titanio, en los d\u00edas de espera para el trasplante pudo moverse con normalidad y llevar a cabo su d\u00eda a d\u00eda sin problemas.<\/p>\n<p>De momento el coraz\u00f3n no est\u00e1 disponible para que cualquier hospital pueda adquirirlo. Se han iniciado ensayos cl\u00ednicos en Estados Unidos y Australia, con casos tan exitosos como este \u00faltimo. Pero a\u00fan ser\u00e1 necesario trabajar m\u00e1s en ello para que llegue ampliamente a otros lugares del mundo,<\/p>\n<p>Posiblemente oiremos hablar a\u00fan much\u00edsimo m\u00e1s de estos corazones de titanio. Si todo sigue en la misma\u00a0 l\u00ednea, la vida de muchas personas ser\u00e1 m\u00e1s sencilla (y m\u00e1s larga) gracias a ellos.\u00a0<\/p>\n<section id=\"block-152\" class=\"below-content widget widget_block\"\/>\t<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hipertextual.com\/2025\/03\/corazon-de-titanio\" class=\" target=\" title=\"Un hombre sale del hospital con un coraz\u00f3n de titanio en le pecho\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ver fuente<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El pasado 6 de marzo, un hombre australiano de 40 a\u00f1os recibi\u00f3 con \u00e9xito un trasplante de coraz\u00f3n. Su caso pas\u00f3 a la historia de la medicina, pero no por esto, sino porque durante los 105 d\u00edas anteriores hizo vida pr\u00e1cticamente normal, a la espera de la llegada del \u00f3rgano, gracias a un coraz\u00f3n de [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tecnologia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/enfoquenoticioso.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/enfoquenoticioso.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/enfoquenoticioso.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enfoquenoticioso.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enfoquenoticioso.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/enfoquenoticioso.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enfoquenoticioso.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/55280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/enfoquenoticioso.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enfoquenoticioso.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enfoquenoticioso.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}