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                                 UNITED STATES
                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                  FORM 10-Q/A

                                AMENDMENT NO. 1
                                      TO
                                   FORM 10-Q


      QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES
                             EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


For the quarterly period
ended June 30,1999                               Commission File Number 0-20991
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                             CAMBRIDGE HEART, INC.
            (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

           DELAWARE                                       13-3679946
  (State or other jurisdiction of           (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
  incorporation or organization)

             1 OAK PARK DRIVE
          BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS                              01730
(Address of principal executive offices)                   (Zip Code)

                                 781-271-1200
             (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)



Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant: (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes  X      No
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Number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common stock
as of August 16, 1998:


                Class                             Number of Shares Outstanding
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Common Stock, par value $.001 per share                     11,865,988
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                             CAMBRIDGE HEART, INC.


                          PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

Item 6 is amended in its entirety as set forth below.


ITEM 6  EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

  a.   The exhibits listed in the Exhibit Index filed as part of this report
       are filed as part of or are included in this report.

  b.   On June 16, 1999, the Company filed a current report on Form 8K dated
       June 9, 1999 reporting under Item 5 the issuance of a press release
       announcing the private placement of equity capital.


                                   SIGNATURE


  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.



                                         CAMBRIDGE HEART, INC.


Date: August 18, 1999                    By: /s/ Robert B. Palardy
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                                             Robert B. Palardy
                                             Chief Financial Officer

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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX



Exhibit Number         Description
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     10.1*             Cooperative Marketing Agreement between Registrant and
                       Guidant Corporation dated May 7, 1999

     10.2*             Cooperative Marketing Agreement between Registrant and
                       Medtronic, Inc dated May 20, 1999

     10.3              Purchase Agreement among the Registant, The Tail Wind
                       Fund Ltd., Special Situations Private Equity Fund, L.P.,
                       Special Situations Fund III, L.P. and Geoffrey H.
                       Galley dated June 8, 1999

     10.4              Registration Rights Agreement among the Registrant, The
                       Tail Wind Fund Ltd., Special Situations Private Equity
                       Fund, L.P., Special Situations Fund III, L.P. and
                       Geoffrey H. Galley dated June 8, 1999

     10.5              Warrant to purchase common stock of the Registrant in
                       favor of Geoffrey H. Galley

     10.6              Warrant to purchase common stock of the Registrant in
                       favor of Special Situations Fund III, L.P.

     10.7              Warrant to purchase common stock of the Registrant in
                       favor of Special Situations Private Equity Fund, L.P.

     10.8              Warrant to purchase common stock of the Registrant in
                       favor of The Tail Wind Fund Ltd.

     11*               Statement re Computation of Net Loss per Share

     27*               Financial Data Schedule

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*  Previously Filed

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