The Artificial Heart: Not Just a Pump

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In the late 1970's, both the medical community and the public were filled with optimism about the possibilities of medical science in general and the artificial heart project in particular. By the 1980's, the pendulum had swung the other way completely. This article is a colorful and well-written treatment of what happened in between to cause this change ...and what is happening now to bring it back.

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