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Neill, Michael J., and Karen Roebuck. “Cardiac Arrest.” People, September 14, 1992, 75–76.
Salter, James. “Two Great Surgical Teams Race for the Man-Made Heart.” Life, September 1981, 34–36.
Sapolsky, Harvey M. “Here Comes the Artificial Heart.” The Sciences, December 1978, 25–27.
Siebert, Charles. “The Rehumanization of the Heart: What Doctors Have Forgotten, Poets Have Always Known.” Harper’s Magazine, February 1990, 53–59.
Smith, William Michael. “Rock ’n’ Roll Heart.” Oberlin Alumni Magazine, Winter 2012.
Stipp, David. “New Hope for the Heart.” Fortune, June 24, 1996.
Swartz, Mimi. “It Can’t All Be Energy.” Texas Monthly, November 11, 2017.
Thompson, Thomas. “The Texas Tornado vs. Dr. Wonderful.” Life, April 10, 1970, 62B–74.
Thompson, Thomas. “The Year They Changed Hearts: A New and Disquieting Look at Transplants.” Life, September 17, 1971, 56–70.
Wheelwright, Jeff. “Bill’s Heart: The Troubling Story Behind a Historic Experiment.” Life, May 1985, 33–43.
Yeaple, Judith Anne. “The Bionic Heart.” Popular Science, April 1992, 65–69.
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
Ackerman, Todd. “Baylor Honors Pioneer DeBakey with Library, Museum.” Houston Chronicle, May 14, 2010.
Ackerman, Todd. “Legendary Heart Surgeons DeBakey, Cooley Mend Rift.” Houston Chronicle, November 6, 2007.
Ackerman, Todd. “St. Luke’s Exploring Hospital Sale Options.” Houston Chronicle, November 3, 2012.
Ackerman, Todd. “St. Luke’s to Sell to National Catholic System.” Houston Chronicle, April 19, 2013.
Altman, Lawrence K. “Artificial Heart in Turmoil.” New York Times, May 17, 1988.
Altman, Lawrence K. “The Feud.” New York Times, November 27, 2007.
Altman, Lawrence K. “The Man on the Table Devised the Surgery.” New York Times, December 25, 2006.
Altman, Lawrence K. “Third Patient Will Get Artificial Heart Sunday.” New York Times, February 16, 1985.
Altman, Lawrence K. “A Tiny Heart Pump Saves Its First Life, Researchers Report.” New York Times, May 5, 1988.
Associated Press. “Artificial Heart Survivor Stricken with Pneumonia.” Evening Star, April 8, 1969.
Associated Press. “Heart Man Dies on 4th Day.” Daily News, April 8, 1969.
Associated Press. “His Wife Pleads for a Heart to Replace Artificial Pump.” Daily News, April 6, 1969.
Associated Press. “Patient with Artificial Heart Called Alert, Donor Sought.” Washington Star, April 6, 1969.
Associated Press. “Plastic Heart Recipient Alert: Wife Issues Plea for Donor.” Hartford Courant, April 6, 1969, 4A.
Associated Press. “Texas Plea Made for Heart Donor,” New York Times, April 6, 1969.
Associated Press. “Total Artificial Heart Is Implanted in Man.” Evening Star, April 4, 1969.
Balz, Dan. “Houston Surgeon in Trouble for Implanting Plastic Heart.” Washington Post, August 9, 1981.
Berger, Eric. “Donor Brings Inventor of Artificial Heart Closer to Houston.” Houston Chronicle, January 14, 2013.
Bernstein, Barton J. “Organs, Medicine, Business: The Artificial Heart in a Broader Context.” Sun-Sentinel, December 7, 1986.
Bloom, Mark. “Heart Feud Grows: Cooley Aide Got U.S. Funds.” Daily News, April 9, 1969.
Bowsher, Melodie. “Top Surgeons’ Feud over Artificial Heart Boils on in Houston.” Wall Street Journal, June 29, 1969.
Brauer, Ralph. “The Promise That Failed.” New York Times, August 28, 1988.
Broad, William J. “Dr. Clark’s Heart: A Story of Modern Marketing as Well as Modern Medicine.” New York Times, March 20, 1983.
Chen, Edwin. “Artificial Heart—A Case of Pushing Science ‘Too Fast.’ ” Los Angeles Times, January 12, 1990.
Clayton, James E. “Heart Transplants—The Legal and Ethical Issues.” Washington Post, August 16, 1969, A10.
Dalton, Trent. “BiVACOR Artificial Heart: Daniel Timms Stroke of Genius.” The Australian, March 7, 2015.
DeBakey, Michael. “Former Lake Charles Student Writes Story About Old Strasbourg.” American Press, February 21, 1936.
“The Dracula of Medical Technology.” New York Times, May 16, 1988.
Edson, Lee. “The Search for a ‘Bionic’ Heart.” New York Times, October 21, 1979, SM10.
Feldman, Claudia. “Mike Templeton’s Broken Heart.” Houston Chronicle, April 12, 1992, 6–9, 14.
Felton, Keith S. “Heart Surgery, Its Heroes and Villains.” Los Angeles Times, June 24, 1973.
“1st Mechanical Heart Man’s Widow Sues.” Chicago Tribune, April 17, 1971, 14.
Haberman, Clyde. “Artificial Hearts Ticking Along Decades After Jarvik-7 Debate.” New York Times, March 20, 2016.
Hoffman, Ken. “ ‘Mattress Mack’ Slows Down, but He Still Works Harder than Most.” Houston Chronicle, September 1, 2014.
“Houston Winning Mantle as Transplant Capital.” Washington Post, August 4, 1968.
Hull, Tupper. “Man Dies Despite 3rd Heart.” Houston Chronicle, August 3, 1981, 1A, 21A.
James, Ann. “Judge Dismisses Karp Jury, Rules for Drs. Cooley, Liotta.” Houston Chronicle, June 30, 1972.
Kass, Miriam. “Man Given Mechanical Heart in First Total Replacement.” Houston Post, April 5, 1969.
Kellum, B. F. “Artificial Heart: How Cooley Won Malpractice Suit.” Washington Post, June 23, 1969, B4.
Loddeke, Leslie. “Heart Patient Pumped About Release.” Houston Chronicle, September 1, 1992, A1, A8.
News Syndicate Co. “Use of Artificial Heart by Surgeon Is Probed.” Daily News, April 9, 1969.
Nolte, Robert. “Heart Plant’s Widow Tells Her Feelings.” Chicago Tribune, April 10, 1969, B5.
Palomo, Juan Ramon. “Heart Patient from Holland Having Setback.” Houston Post, August 2, 1981.
Raji, Bayan. “Texas Heart Institute Says St. Luke’s Agreement ‘Not Feasible.” Houston Business Journal, May 17, 2013.
Randall, Judith. “Transplants, Apollo Both Misguided?” Washington Star, January 2, 1969.
Rich, Jan. “Cooley Implants Artificial Heart Here After Bypass Fails.” Houston Chronicle, July 24, 1981.
Rich, Jan. “Designer of Artificial Organ Is Resigning from Heart Institute.” Houston Chronicle, July 29, 1981.
Robertson, Kathy. “Kriton Medical Sues Doctor, Alleges Breach of Contract.” Sacramento Business Journal, February 16, 2001.
Rosenfeld, Albert. “The Second Genesis: The Coming Control of Life.” Washington Post, June 23, 1969, B4.
Russell, Cristine. “Clark’s Case Impels FDA to Review Heart Program.” Washington Post, December 18, 1982, A2.
Schier, Mary Jane. “Cooley Implants Artificial Heart.” Houston Chronicle, July 24, 1981, 1A, 17A.
Schier, Mary Jane. “Dutchman Clings to Life as Doctors Seek Heart Donor.” Houston Post, July 25, 1981, 1A, 28A.
Schier, Mary Jane. “Man with Plastic Heart Gets Real One.” Houston Post, July 26, 1981.
Schmeck, Harold M. “Dr. Cooley Defends His Use of Artificial Heart.” New York Times, April 10, 1969.
Scott, Janny. “Lack of Recognition Embitters Some Pioneers of Artificial Heart Design.” Los Angeles Times, January 4, 1987.
“Senators Doctors Kennedy and Hatch.” New York Times, July 15, 1988.
Smith, William Michael. “Doctor Doctor.” Houston Press, August 25–31, 2011, 43.
SoRelle, Ruth. “Tiny Pump Used on First Heart Patient.” Houston Chronicle, May 4, 1988, 8, 20.
Tribune Wire Services. “Karp Doctor Denies Violating U.S. Rules.” Chicago Tribune, April 10, 1969, B5.
United Press Internati
onal. “Heart Device Like Rival’s, Cooley Admits.” Los Angeles Times, June 29, 1972.
United Press International. “Widow Praises Artificial Heart Try That Failed.” Hartford Courant, September 21, 1969, 4B.
Van Leer, Twila. “Doctors Look Back on Drama of Clark Heart Experiment.” Deseret News, November 29, 1992.
Wampler, Richard K. “Tiny Experimental Pump Offers Hope for Heart Patients.” Los Angeles Times, August 1, 1988.
Wilson, D. J. “Portable Heart Assist Pump Working Fine.” Houston Chronicle, October 2, 1991, A1, A12.
VIDEOS
“Bud Frazier and Billy Cohn at TEDMED 2012,” posted May 10, 2012, YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64-QTOUGNSk.
Grubin, David. The Mysterious Human Heart: The Body’s Perpetual Motion Machine. Thirteen/WNET. Ambrose Video Publishing, 2007.
Nova. “Electric Heart.” December 21, 1999. Transcript: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/transcripts/2617eheart.html.
Project Bionics Pioneer Interviews. Richard Wampler, Jean Kantrowitz, O. H. Frazier, Victor L. Poirier. https://asaio.com/about-us/asaio-pioneer-interviews.
WEB ARTICLES
Brennan, Imogen. “The Artificial Heart That Could Replace Transplants.” Australia Unlimited, February 16, 2017. https://www.australiaunlimited.com/technology/danieltimms.
CBS News. “The Evolution of Artificial Hearts.” January 31, 2002. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-evolution-of-artificial-hearts.
Genes, Nicholas. “Paul Winchell and the Artificial Heart.” Medgadget, July 2005. https://www.medgadget.com/2005/07/paul_winchell_a.html.
MassDevice Staff. “Medical Device Makers Spend Millions to Meet FDA Rules, Study Finds.” MedCityNews, November 19, 2010. https://medcitynews.com/2010/11/medical-device-makers-spend-millions-to-meet-fda-rules-study-finds.
National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health. “A Chronology of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Artificial Heart Program and Related Events.” 1991. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK234439.
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Palomino, Joaquin. “The Heart Is Just a Pump.” Verge, November 4, 2015. https://www.theverge.com/2015/11/4/9665902/artificial-heart-transplant-cedars-sinai-clinical-trials.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
MIMI SWARTZ is a longtime executive editor at Texas Monthly, and a two-time National Magazine Award winner and a four-time finalist. She is the coauthor of the national bestseller Power Failure, with Sherron Watkins, about the failures at Enron and her work has appeared in Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, Esquire, and Slate, and her op-ed pieces appear regularly in the New York Times.
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