[Perspectives] The promissory nature of artificial hearts

“The Artificial Heart is Here” announced LIFE magazine in September, 1981. An image of the Utah total artificial heart (TAH), also known as the Jarvik-7 heart, dominated the issue cover against a vivid red background. The inside story, bolstered with large, colourful photographs, predicted a bre akthrough decade for this technology. Such anticipation was not entirely off-base, given the promissory nature of the technology as a curative fix for end-stage heart failure that aligned with the view of the body as an entity of replacement parts and the confidence of artificial heart researchers i n these devices.
Source: LANCET - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Perspectives Source Type: research