An electric motor revolving up to 10, 000 times a minute pushes an incompressible fluid around the Abiomed heart, and that fluid, in turn, pushes the blood first to the lungs to be oxygenated, and then around the body.
At these appointments typically every few months for the first few years and then less frequently after that you'll undergo blood tests, CT scans and other procedures to check for signs that your cancer has returned.