X0303 4 2008-11-26 0 0001024520 WORLD HEART CORP whrt 0001044321 MARXE AUSTIN W & GREENHOUSE DAVID M C/O SPECIAL SITUATIONS FUNDS 527 MADISON AVENUE, SUITE 2600 NEW YORK NY 10022 0 0 1 0 Common Stock 2008-11-26 4 S 0 101268 2.35 D 3008022 I By Limited Partnership This is a joint filing by Austin W. Marxe (Marxe) and David M. Greenhouse (Greenhouse). They share voting and investment control over all securities owned by Special Situations Fund III QP, L.P (QP), Special Situations Cayman Fund, L.P. (Cayman), Special Situations Private Equity Fund, LP (PE) and Special Situations Life Sciences Fund, L.P. (LS). 1,466,652 shares of Common Stock are owned by QP, 533,328 shares of CS are owned by Cayman, 533,328 shares of CS are owned by PE and 133,332 shares of CS are owned by LS. Marxe individually owns 333,333 shares of CS and Greenhouse individually owns 8,048 shares of CS. The interest of Marxe and Greenhouse in the shares of Common Stock owned by QP, Cayman, PE, LS, Marxe and Greenhouse are limited to the extent of his pecuniary interest. Austin Marxe 2008-12-01 David Greenhouse 2008-12-01