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Artificial heart creator Robert Jarvik dies at 79
Robert Jarvik who developed the Jarvik-7 the first permanently implanted artificial heart died May 26 at his Manhattan home. He was 79. Cause was Parkinson's disease complications. The obituary notes his role in the 1982 Utah transplant, public fame, later work with VADs, and his marriages and survivors.
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Robert Jarvik
Manhattan
Marilyn
Savant
William DeVries
Barney Clark
Seattle
Clark
Jarvik
DeVries
Una Loy
University of Utah Medical Center
Salt Lake City
Washington Post
Willem Johan Kolff
Scientific American
Louisville
Ronald Reagan
Tfhe
Life Magazine
Schroeder
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
New York Times
Los Angeles Times
Food and Drug Administration
Symbion
The
Syracuse University Magazine
Arthur L. Caplan
New York University
Dick Cheney
Caplan
Robert Koffler Jarvik
Midland
Michigan
Stamford
Connecticut
Syracuse
University of Bologna
Italy
NYU
University of Utah
Kolff
Hathaway
Pfizer
Elaine Levin
Jos Savant
Parade Magazine
Kate Jarvik Birch
Tyler Jarvik
Vos Savant
Mary Blinder
Dennis Younglove
Associated Press
Thomas Gaidosh