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Monday, February 14, 2011

Be my Valentine: The Liotta-Cooley Artificial Heart, 1969


In honour of Valentine's Day – the world's oldest artificial heart. The patient lived for three days after Dr. Denton A. Cooley performed the first total artificial heart implant in the world April 4, 1969, in Houston. The device was developed by Dr. Domingo Liotta.

Photo courtesy of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History
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