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NOVA: Electric Heart

Nova (1999)

Documentary | United States

Director: Sarah Holt

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SEASON: 27

EPISODE: 7 - Electric Heart

SYNOPSIS

The program tells the story of a handful of brilliant, obsessed surgeons and researchers who have pursued the target of a practical artificial heart for decades.

Actors

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

Writer: Sarah Holt

Narrator: Will Lyman, Neil Ross

RUNTIME: 55 min

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