"Orthotopic Cardiac Prosthesis for Two-staged Cardiac Replacement." Reprinted from The American Journal of Cardiology, Vol. 24, November 1969, pp. 723-730. SIGNED BY DENTON A. COOLEY.

COOLEY, Denton A. with five co-authors

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Pp. 723-730. Stapled as issued. Two horizontal folds. Very Good. First Edition. SIGNED BY DENTON A. COOLEY: "To Alfred J. Kaiser, M.D./ from/ Denton A. Cooley M.D." The five co-authors are: Domingo Liotta, Grady L. Hallman, Robert D. Bloodwell, Robert D. D Leachman, and John D. Milam. This article reports the first human total artificial heart (TAH) operation, which occurred on April 4, 1969. The patient, Haskell Karp, had the artificial heart for 64 hours until a heart transplant operation was performed, after which he lived another 32 hours. The Liotta artificial heart that Cooley used is now at the Smithsonian Institution. Cooley did not perform another human TAH operation until 1981. Garrison-Morton 7810.

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Title
"Orthotopic Cardiac Prosthesis for Two-staged Cardiac Replacement." Reprinted from The American Journal of Cardiology, Vol. 24, November 1969, pp. 723-730. SIGNED BY DENTON A. COOLEY.
Author
COOLEY, Denton A. with five co-authors
Publisher
1969.
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Very Good
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