Demonstration dated 04/17/1969 of transplantation of the human heart. A plastic bubble oxygenator is used. Film has voice over narration by Lucien Stervinou and illustrations by Barry Baker.
Heart failure
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Demonstration dated 03/10/1979 of transplantation of the human heart. A plastic bubble oxygenator is used. Film has voice over narration by Don Macon and illustrations by Barry Baker.
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 circa 1979 of multiple techniques for surgical treatment of coronary artery disease. Film has voice over by Don Macon and illustrations.
Demonstration circa 1979 of multiple techniques for surgical treatment of coronary artery disease. Film has voice over by Don Macon and illustrations.
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.