Man Lives Four Days With Plastic Heart Pump Implant
In Los Angeles a 42 year old man with congestive heart failure survived four days on a substitute plastic pump placed inside his heart. Dr. Michael DeBakey described the procedure as a landmark toward temporary mechanical hearts, though the patient died from complications. The device used a chest wall tube and an air driven compressor to restore a heartbeat and normal blood pressure.
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Los Angeles
Michael Debakey
Baylor University Medical School
American Heart Association
Debakey
Texas Congressmen Clash in One-Punch House Scuffle
Rep. Ed Foreman and Rep. Henry Gonzalez, on the House floor in Washington, exchanged insults after Gonzalez accused Foreman of calling him a Communist. Foreman said Gonzalez struck him once and then walked off, while Gonzalez could not be reached for comment.
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Space Age Heart Watcher Heads to Miami Hospital
Miami Heart Institute unveiled a Cardiac Intensive Care Unit using four electrodes and a central monitor to track patients ECG and heart rate. An alarm, lights, and nurse alarms coordinate rapid response within seconds of abnormal heart activity.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Role Age Research
Miami Heart Institute
E. Sterling Nichol
Institute
Vatican Council Debates Mary Document Amid Unity Drives
The Vatican Ecumenical Council narrowly votes to insert a separate Mary topic into the church schema on the nature of the church, a move with wide unity implications. Leaders also back a document endorsing a perpetual calendar and a fixed Easter date, pending agreement with other Christian bodies.
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Vatican Ecumenical Council
Mary
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