Congenital heart defects are among the most frequent congenital defects among newborns. In Catalonia, nearly 600 babies are born each year with some type of malformation of the heart or blood vessels. It is estimated that one in every hundred children presents some cardiovascular alteration from birth. In some cases, these health problems can also accompany them throughout adult life and compromise their physical capacity and quality of life.

"An absolute clinical success." An Australian man with heart failure has become the first person in the world to leave the hospital after receiving a fully artificial heart implant. Specifically, the 40-year-old patient received the device on November 22, 2024, at St. Vincent's Hospital in Sydney. Months later, in February of this year, he was discharged from the hospital while awaiting a heart donor for the definitive transplant, which finally arrived this March.