Artificial hearts : the allure and ambivalence of a controversial medical technology /
McKellar, Shelley,
Artificial hearts : the allure and ambivalence of a controversial medical technology / Shelley McKellar. - Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource : illustrations
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 8, 2018).
Includes bibliographies and index.
Fighting heart disease with machines and devices -- Multiple approaches to building artificial hearts : technological optimism and political support in the early years -- Dispute and disappointment : heart transplantation and total artificial heart implant cases in the 1960s -- Technology and risk : nuclear-powered artificial hearts and medical device regulation -- Media spotlight : the Utah total artificial heart -- Clinical and commercial rewards : ventricular assist devices -- Securing a place : therapeutic clout and second-generation VADs -- Artificial hearts in the 21st century.
9781421423562
Heart, Artificial--History.
Heart--Surgery--History.
History, 21st Century.
History, 20th Century.
Heart, Artificial--history.
Electronic Books.
RD598 / .A785 2018
Artificial hearts : the allure and ambivalence of a controversial medical technology / Shelley McKellar. - Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource : illustrations
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 8, 2018).
Includes bibliographies and index.
Fighting heart disease with machines and devices -- Multiple approaches to building artificial hearts : technological optimism and political support in the early years -- Dispute and disappointment : heart transplantation and total artificial heart implant cases in the 1960s -- Technology and risk : nuclear-powered artificial hearts and medical device regulation -- Media spotlight : the Utah total artificial heart -- Clinical and commercial rewards : ventricular assist devices -- Securing a place : therapeutic clout and second-generation VADs -- Artificial hearts in the 21st century.
9781421423562
Heart, Artificial--History.
Heart--Surgery--History.
History, 21st Century.
History, 20th Century.
Heart, Artificial--history.
Electronic Books.
RD598 / .A785 2018