Dr. Barney B. Clark was dying. He was 61, a dentist from Seattle, whose congestive heart failure meant he had trouble walking from bedroom to bathroom, writes Tony Long for Wired.

Thirty years ago on Dec. 2, 1982, in the darkest hours of the morning, cardiothoracic surgeon William DeVries, MD, carefully removed the ravaged heart of Dr. Barney Clark—a heart that tore like tissue ...

Dec. 2, 1982: Doctors implant the first permanent artificial heart in a human, Barney Clark, who lives 112 days with it. Sign Up for Our ... His only shot at survival was Dr. Robert Jarvik’s ...

Clark's predicament coincided with the FDA approving a new artificial heart for human implantation, a device known as the Jarvik 7. It was named for one of its key developers, Dr. Robert Jarvik ...

Margaret Schroeder saw a report on local television last week suggesting her husband, artificial heart recipient William Schroeder, might be suicidal as a result of depression over his medical cond… ...

It was implanted in Barney Clark, a 61-year-old retired dentist, on Dec. 2, 1982, at the University of Utah. The surgery was led by Dr. William C. DeVries. Clark had severe heart disease and was ...

University of Utah researchers have modified the Jarvik-7 artificial heart to reduce stroke problems among recipients and they hope to get federal approval for the device, officials said.

It was implanted in Barney Clark, a 61-year-old retired dentist, on Dec. 2, 1982, at the University of Utah. The surgery was led by Dr. William C. DeVries. Clark had severe heart disease and was ...