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An artificial heart is a mechanical device that replaces the heart. Artificial hearts are typically used in order to bridge the time to heart transplantation, or to permanently replace the heart in case transplantation is impossible...

Timeline of Events

1969

4.4.1969

Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart.

1982

12.1.1982

At the University of Utah, Barney Clark becomes the first person to receive a permanent artificial heart.

1985

2.19.1985

Artificial heart recipient William J. Schroeder becomes the first such patient to leave hospital.