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Forming a heart
Charles Lindbergh and Alexis Carrel worked to advance mechanical circulatory support -
First Developed Heart
Dr. Vladimir P. Demikhov developed a total artificial heart device and executed the first coronary artery bypass surgery and intrathoracic transplantation in the world. -
Heart-Lung Machine
A patient lost consciousness due to blood clots being removed in open-heart surgery. This event fueled the creation of the heart-lung machine. -
Heart Machine
Dr. Gibbon had basically created a heart-lung machine to function in place of the heart and lungs during heart operations. He was not successful. -
Implanted Heart Fails
A device was implanted into two children who died. -
Heart Remodel
After doing research on blood loss and blood clots, the device was remodeled. -
First Implant
The first successful implant was in an animal that went on to live for 1.5 hours. -
First Transplantation in a Human
Dr. Denton Cooley made the first transplantation in a human. -
Successful Artificial Heart
This artificial heart was the first successful artificial heart. The person who the transplant was for lived 112 days after the surgery. -
Mobile Heart
Patients can now live their lives normally instead of being confined in a hospital bed.
