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Federal OK for second artificial heart and Baby Fae case
The U S government approved a second artificial heart and supported surgeons who used an unapproved device to save a dying patient. Separately a federal report found the consent form for Baby Fae’s baboon heart transplant inadequate though the family was informed of risks. the infant died 20 days later. The report notes human infant heart donors are rare and NIH criticized overstated survival chances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Schroeder
Thomas Creighton
FDA
Jack G. Copeland
Cecil Vaughn
St. Luke’s Hospital
Phoenix
Kevin Cheng
St. Luke's
Copeland
Vaughn
Creighton
California
Loma Linda University Medical Center
Baby Fae
Fae
Leonard Bailey
National Institutes of Health
Harrison M. Evans
Loma Linda