title: THE MECHANICAL HEART ON THE MEDICAL HORIZON.
abstract: Progress in materials and design of a total artificial heart has lengthened survival times from 1(1/2) hours in 1958 to 3 months in 1974. During those years various limiting factors were found and analyzed. Remaining limitations encountered in a 3-month survivor were localized thrombosis within the blood chambers and infection along drive lines into the mediastinum.
authors.affiliation: Division of Artificial Organs, Department of Surgery and the Institute for Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112.
authors.forename: Jacob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kolff
authors.forename: Don B.
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Olsen
authors.forename: Willem J.
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Kolff