The Nation - News from March 24, 1986
Surgeons implanted a Jarvik-7 artificial heart into a 43-year-old factory foreman in an attempt to keep him alive until a human donor heart becomes available, hospital employees said in Pittsburgh. Gary Blake of East Liverpool, Ohio, was in critical condition after the five-hour “uncomplicated” operation, which ended just before midnight, said Tom Chakurda, spokesman for Presbyterian-University Hospital.
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