Gallery›Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library›Mechanical Device to Replace Heart--Left photo shows the backside of a mechanical device used in an operation today to replace the total human heart. The valve on the left (left photo) ties onto the Aorta and the other ties to the Pulmonary artery. In the right hand photo which shows the frontside on the unit it shows from left to right the Right Ventricle and the Left ventricle. This unit was used in an operation performed today at St. Lukas hospital in the Texas Medical center in Houston by Dr. Denton A. Cooley and Dr. Domingo Liotta.
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library
Mechanical Device to Replace Heart--Left photo shows the backside of a mechanical device used in an operation today to replace the total human heart. The valve on the left (left photo) ties onto the Aorta and the other ties to the Pulmonary artery. In the right hand photo which shows the frontside on the unit it shows from left to right the Right Ventricle and the Left ventricle. This unit was used in an operation performed today at St. Lukas hospital in the Texas Medical center in Houston by Dr. Denton A. Cooley and Dr. Domingo Liotta.
Associated Press · [ca. April 1969]
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