events-+1966

" April 21st - An artificial heart is installed in the chest of Marcel DeRudder in a Houston hospital" (http://www.1966vwbeetle.com/1966majornewsevents.htm)

1)"They replaced the diseased valve, but even this promised little."

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2)"The left ventricle, the main pumping chamber, which does more than half the heart's work, was too badly diseased"

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3) "The pump worked really well" ([])