Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We have issued our report dated February 25, 2008, accompanying the consolidated financial statements (which report expressed an unqualified opinion and contains an explanatory paragraph relating to the adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123(R), “Share Based Payment” and Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes”) included in the Annual Report of HeartWare Limited on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007. We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference of said report in the Registration Statement of HeartWare Limited on Form S-8 (File No. 333-147506, effective November 19, 2007).

/s/ Grant Thornton LLP

Fort Lauderdale, Florida
February 25, 2008