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The cost, the 375-lb. encumbrance and the siege of postoperative ailments have all raised doubts about the use of artificial hearts. Said Dr. Michael DeBakey, the noted heart-transplant surgeon from Houston: "To be a success, the heart must restore the individual to normal life. If all it does...
Clark's experience will undoubtedly help doctors build a better heart. "We have learned more in a few months with Clark than in the past nine years with animals," says Larry Hastings, a U.M.C. heart-pump technician. Jarvik has already designed a portable drive system the size of a...
Yet even if these technological wonders occur, the costly artificial heart is sure to raise some difficult questions. "How much is life worth?" asks Dr. George Lundberg, editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association. "How much is one or more days of longer life worth? Is every life...
According to a 1982 study published by the U.S. Office of Technology Assessment, as many as 66,000 Americans a year might qualify for an artificial heart, should it be approved for general use. Clearly, very few individuals could afford the device. The U.S. Government now spends $1.8 billion a...
Though the Utah team is looking for a second artificial-heart candidate, it plans to proceed slowly. "The artificial heart today is at the stage that the transplants were when those operations began 16 years ago," says Stanford Cardiologist Philip Oyer. "Then no one knew how a patient would do...