Liotta-Cooley Artificial Heart

Description:

This is the first total artificial heart implanted in a human body. It was developed by Domingo Liotta and implanted by surgeon Denton Cooley (1920-2016) on April 4, 1969, at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital in Houston. The recipient, Haskell Karp, lived for sixty-four hours with the artificial heart pumping oxygenated blood through his body until a human heart was available for transplant.

Although Karp died soon after receiving a real heart, and some criticized the surgery as unethical because it was without formal review by the medical community, the procedure demonstrated the viability of artificial hearts as a bridge to transplant in cardiac patients.

Date Made: 1969

Maker: Liotta, Domingo

Place Made: United States: Texas, Houston

Subject: CardiologySurgeryCardiologySurgeryHealth CareArtificial Organs

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See more items in: Medicine and Science: Medicine, Health & Medicine, Government, Politics, and Reform, National Treasures exhibit, Artificial Hearts

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Related Publication: Cooley, D. A.; Liotta, D.; Hallman, G. L.; Bloodwell, R. D.; Leachman, R. D.; Milam, J. D.. Orthotopic Cardiac Prosthesis for Two-Staged Cardiac Replacement

Credit Line: Gift of Texas Heart Institute

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1978.1002.01Accession Number: 1978.1002Catalog Number: 1978.1002.01

Object Name: artificial heartheart, artificial

Physical Description: dacron (overall material)polyurethane (overall material)silastic (overall material)Measurements: overall, as stored: 7 1/2 in x 9 in x 6 1/2 in; 19.05 cm x 22.86 cm x 16.51 cmoverall: 18.7 cm x 22.8 cm x 16.4 cm; 7 3/8 in x 8 31/32 in x 6 15/32 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-f67f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_688682

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