EXHIBIT 4.10

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Ministry of Consumer and        Ministere des Services aux                    Ontario Corporation Number
Business Services               consommateurs et aux                          Numero de la societe en Ontario
CERTIFICATE                     entreprises
This is to certify that these   CERTIFICAT                                                  001168444
articles are effective on       Ceci certifie que les
                                presents status entrent en
                                vigueur le

                 DECEMBER 1 DECEMBRE, 2003
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                         [signature]
                    Director / Directrice
Business Corporations Act / Loi sur les societes par actions
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                                        ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
                                       STATUTS DE MODIFICATION


   Form 3           1.   The name of the corporation is:
  Business               Denomination sociale actuelle de la societe:
Corporations
     Act                               WORLD HEART CORPORATION

  Formule 3         2.   The name of the corporation is changed to (if
 Loi sur les             applicable):
societes par             Nouvelle denomination sociale de la societe (s'il y a
   actions               lieu):

                    3.   Date of incorporation/amalgamation:
                         Date de la constitution ou de la fusion:

                                             1996-04-01
                                         (Year, Month, Day)
                                         (annee, mois, jour)

                    4.   Complete only if there is a change in the number of
                         directors or the minimum / maximum number of directors.
                         Il faut remplir cette partie seulement si le nombre
                         d'administrateurs ou si le nombre minimal ou maximal
                         d'administrateurs a change.

                         Number of directors is/are: or minimum and maximum
                                                     number of directors is/are:
                         Nombre d'administrateurs:   ou nombres minimum et
                                                     maximum d'administrateurs:
                         Number                      or minimum and maximum
                         Nombre                      ou minimum et maximum

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                    5.   These articles of the corporation are amended as
                         follows:
                         Les statuts de la societe sont modifies de la
                         facon suivante:

                         1. The authorized capital of the Corporation is altered
                         by consolidating all of the issued and outstanding
                         Common Shares of the Corporation and the Common Shares
                         reserved for issuance against options, warrants, or
                         other convertible or exchangeable securities
                         outstanding at such time, on the basis
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                         of one post-consolidation Common Share of the
                         Corporation for every seven pre-consolidation Common
                         Shares of the Corporation; and

                         2. In the event that the consolidation would otherwise
                         result in the issuance of a fractional share, no
                         fractional share shall be issued and any fractional
                         share of the Corporation resulting from such
                         consolidation shall be cancelled without any payment or
                         other compensation being made to any shareholder in
                         respect thereof.
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                                                                    EXHIBIT 4.10

                    6.   The amendment has been duly authorized as required by
                         sections 168 and 170 (as applicable) of the Business
                         Corporations Act.
                         La modification a ete dument
                         autorisee conformement aux articles 168 et 170 (selon
                         le cas) de la Loi sur les societes par actions.

                    7.   The resolution authorizing the amendment was approved
                         by the shareholders/directors (as applicable) of the
                         corporation on
                         Les actionnaries ou les administrateurs (selon le cas)
                         de la societe ont approuve la resolution autorisant la
                         modification le

                                             2003-Nov-25
                                         (Year, Month, Day)
                                         (annee, mois, jour)

                    These articles are signed in duplicate.
                    Les presents statuts sont signes en double exemplaire.

                                        WORLD HEART CORPORATION
                       (Name of Corporation) (if the name is to be changed by
                                these articles set out current name)
                                 (Denomination sociale de la societe)
                                (Si l'on demande un changement de nom,
                         indquer ci-dessus la denomination sociale actuelle)

                    By/
                    Par:

                    /s/ Mark Goudie           CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
                    (Signature)               (Description of Office)
                    (Signature)                      (Fonction)