Permanent Cardiac Replacement by A Total Artificial Heart: Experimental Background and Current Problems

I could not be more delighted. Nearly 13 years after the implantation of an artificial heart into Dr Barney Clark in 1982, the Utah-type artificial heart (first called the Jarvik heart, then the Symbion heart, and now the CardioWest heart) has returned to Utah. On 12 April 1995 James W. Long implanted this artificial heart in Alvin Marsden at the LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City. It was my privilege to visit with him 10 days later.

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