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Charles Lindbergh and Alexis Carrel worked to advance mechanical circulatory support
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Dr. Vladimir P. Demikhov developed a total artificial heart device and executed the first coronary artery bypass surgery and intrathoracic transplantation in the world.
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A patient lost consciousness due to blood clots being removed in open-heart surgery. This event fueled the creation of the heart-lung machine.
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Dr. Gibbon had basically created a heart-lung machine to function in place of the heart and lungs during heart operations. He was not successful.
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A device was implanted into two children who died.
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After doing research on blood loss and blood clots, the device was remodeled.
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The first successful implant was in an animal that went on to live for 1.5 hours.
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Dr. Denton Cooley made the first transplantation in a human.
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This artificial heart was the first successful artificial heart. The person who the transplant was for lived 112 days after the surgery.
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Patients can now live their lives normally instead of being confined in a hospital bed.
