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Background The first artificial heart was made out of plastic
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http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/14/a-plastic-heart-that-beat-for-three-days/?_r=0 The heart was supposed to help a patint last 3 days while waitin for a heart transplant, but sadly the patient died after less than 2 days of having the heart.
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After spending 112 days with the artfiicial heart, Barney Clark died at the University of Utah Medical Center.