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And the Beat Goes On Clark has a setback, but the artificial heart keeps pumping
Barney Clark's heart was the least of his worries last week, and that was a welcome change. The air-powered artificial heart permanently implanted in place of his own failing organ continued to work perfectly, just as it had from the time of the landmark operation in Salt...
Doctors attributed the seizures to a chemical and fluid imbalance, which was related to the minor kidney failure that Clark experienced just after the artificial-heart implant. Surprisingly, the artificial heart, far from proving a liability, considerably aided doctors in correcting the kidney problem. By adjusting dials on the support...
Given these limitations, what is the role of the permanent artificial heart? "The best solution remains the heart transplant," insists Dr. Christiaan Barnard, the South African surgeon who pioneered that solution. Transplants have kept patients alive for up to 14 years. (In the U.S., some 500 people have received transplants...
But there are simply not enough donor hearts around for the up to 75,000 U.S. patients who need them each year. For this reason, Barnard's fellow pioneers, Michael DeBakey and Denton Cooley, say the Utah heart is an important breakthrough. Both believe, however, that it should be...