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NOVA: The Artificial Heart

Nova (1983)

Documentary | United States

Director: Kirk Wolfinger, Sarah Holt

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SEASON: 10

EPISODE: 10 - The Artificial Heart

SYNOPSIS

Seattle dentist Barney Clark received the first artificial heart implant in 1982. He died in March 1983, having survived 112 days with the world's first permanent, pneumatic, totally artificial heart. NOVA follows the case with the surgeon, William DeVries, and looks at the prospects for this technology to save lives. It also explored the work of Dr. William F. Bernhard on the Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) ongoing at the Cardiovascular Surgical Research Laboratories, Boston Children's Hospital Medical Center.

Actors

Voice: Eriq La Salle, Kay Tong Lim, Yu Beng Lim, Timothy Nga, Gerald Chew, Dan Ziskie, Craig S. Wollman, Patrice Donnell

Writer: Julia Cort, Joseph McMaster

Narrator: Will Lyman, Neil Ross

RUNTIME: 55 min

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