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The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Performance'. Barney Clark was a dentist from Seattle with congestive heart failure. in zoology, graduating with honors in 1948. Clark received a bachelors degree from B.Y.U. He graduated from Provo High School in 1939, Dr. He attended Maeser Elemetary School and Dixon Jr. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. Clark was one of Provos finest sons and he will always be remembered for his dedication and courage. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Other. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Necessary'. The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Functional'. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Analytics'. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Before the surgery Barney said: “I’ve been kept alive for the last four years through all kinds of medicine and therapies that other people have given their lives to inform me now, it is my time to pay them back.” Then he looked up at his wife, Una Loy, and said, “I want to tell you even though I have no heart, I still love you.”īarney’s bravery and commitment to help others has left a legacy and pioneered more medical research in this field. Clark, who was described as bedridden and on the verge of death from heart failure just before the. When Barney woke up after the surgery and started looking around, Dr DeViries asked Barney, ‘how do you feel, do you have any pain?’ He said ‘no pain’ but that he was aware of a strong heart beat in his body for the first time in a long time. Clark, a 61-year-old retired dentist from the Seattle area. The surgeon performing the operation was Dr William DeVries who was a Cardiothoracic Surgeon. The implanted heart was named Jarvik-7 named after physician and inventor Robert Jarvik, MD). The operation was widely viewed as being as important as the moon landing.

The world watched on eagerly following the surgery with over 350 reporters camped out in the hospital. Although artificial hearts had been used since 1952 during heart surgery this was the first permanent implant. At the time this was a medical breakthrough. Today in 1982 the First Artificial Heart was implanted into Barney Clark a 62 year old dentist from Seattle USA.

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