Documentary coverage from 06/06-06/08 1969 of the Second World Symposium on Heart Transplantation held in Montreal, Quebec. Film includes interviews with surgeons and footage of the symposium.
Heart--Artificial
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Demonstration from 4/7/1969 of cardiac replacement in two stages. First, after a failed attempt at surgical repair of the heart, a Liotta-Cooley artificial heart, Dacron tubes, and a Wada-Cutter hingeless valve prosthesis are implanted as a palliative measure. A donated heart is transplanted in a later surgery. A disposable bubble oxygenator is used. Film has voice over narration by Don Macon and illustrations.
Footage of Liotta Total Artificial Heart console and interview with Haskell Karp, the first recipient of an artificial heart, as he wakes up 12 hours after surgery. The Liotta-Cooley Artificial Heart was designed to allow patients in heart failure to wait until a human heart was available for transplantation.
Demonstration from 1981 of heart transplant in two stages. First, an artifical heart is implanted. In the second stage, the heart is transplanted.