91.   Word that Christerson was waiting for an artificial heart got out after members of his church prayed for his recovery on Sunday.

92.   Optimistic researchers plan to apply this year for U.S. government approval of an artificial heart.

93.   Part of the transition plan includes training hospital and emergency staff in and near Central City in the type of care a patient with the artificial heart might need.

94.   A man implanted with a self-contained artificial heart became only the second patient in the world to receive the experimental device.

95.   A man who lived with an artificial heart longer than any other U.S. patient returned home Wednesday after successful surgery to implant a real heart.

96.   A man was implanted with a self-contained artificial heart Thursday, becoming only the second patient in the world to receive the experimental device.

97.   Abiomed has received federal approval to perform at least five human experiments with the artificial heart.

98.   Abiomed, which manufactures the first self-contained artificial heart, received U.S. government approval to continue its clinical trial with five more patients.

99.   An artificial heart made by the company was transplanted into a patient at a Louisville, Ky., hospital.

100.   An Italian patient lived with an artificial heart for four years.