NOVA · SEASON 10
The Artificial Heart
Episode 10 · 1983-10-18
- Documentary
Episode overview
Seattle dentist Barney Clark received the first artificial heart implant in 1982. He died in March 1983, having survived 112 days with the world's first permanent, pneumatic, totally artificial heart. NOVA follows the case with the surgeon, William DeVries, and looks at the prospects for this technology to save lives. It also explored the work of Dr. William F. Bernhard on the Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) ongoing at the Cardiovascular Surgical Research Laboratories, Boston Children's Hospital Medical Center.
55 minutes
Season 10 episodes
1. Hawaii: Crucible of Life1983-01-18
2. The Pleasure of Finding Things Out1983-01-25
3. Lassa Fever1983-02-08
4. The Miracle of Life1983-02-15
5. Asbestos: A Lethal Legacy1983-03-01
6. City of Coral1983-03-08
7. Fat Chance in a Thin World1983-03-22
8. Sixty Minutes to Meltdown1983-03-29
9. Signs of the Apes, Songs of the Whales1983-10-11
10. The Artificial Heart1983-10-18
11. Talking Turtle1983-10-25
12. Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial1983-11-01
13. To Live Until You Die: The Work of Elizabeth Kubler-Ross1983-11-08
14. A Magic Way of Going: The Story of Thoroughbreds1983-11-15
15. A Normal Face: The Wonders of Plastic Surgery1983-11-22
16. Captives of Care1983-11-29
17. Twenty-Five Years in Space1983-12-06
18. Nuclear Strategy for Beginners1983-12-13
19. The Climate Crisis1983-12-20
20. Eyes Over China1983-12-27
21. Alcoholism: Life Under The Influence1984-01-10
