Historical Bibliography Updated: July 14, 2026
The artificial heart.
Ciba Symp., 35, No. 6. 1983.
First published report on the first successful "permanent" artificial heart operation, in which DeVries implanted the Jarvik-7 artifical heart in Barney Clark, a patient affected with end-stage congestive heart failure. The surgery took place on December 2, 1982; Clark lived for 112 days after the surgery. The Ciba Symposia issue was extensively illustrated by Frank Netter,
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| External URL | the-artificial-heart |