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In Clark's case, surgery was complicated by the fact that the heart tissue was so damaged by years of treatment with steroids that it tore like tissue paper in DeVries' hands. To make matters worse, when the artificial heart was implanted, it failed to function properly, and...
The first real drama of the day came about an hour after surgery when Schroeder was suddenly jolted into consciousness and, terrified by all the activity around him, tried to bolt from the bed. Doctors restrained him and increased his sedation. Five hours later they confronted a more serious problem...
Ordinarily a man in this condition might be a candidate for a heart transplant, but Schroeder had two strikes against him. First, at 52, he was two years over the age limit set by most heart-transplant centers. Second, like 12 million other Americans, he suffers from diabetes, which is...
A few other changes in equipment have been made: the heart's drive system, though still unwieldy, is 52 Ibs. lighter than it was two years ago. Better yet, the new portable pump system may eventually free Schroeder from the contraption for several hours every day. "I think it...
Humana's heart program is an example of how a corporation can use its resources to develop a new field of medicine. Its Heart Institute had been open less than a year when the company decided in June to work on the mechanical heart. Institute Director Allan Lansing, an...