McKellar, Shelley, <br/><br/>
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 
<br/><br/> Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 8, 2018). 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781421423562 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Heart, Artificial--History.<br/>Heart--Surgery--History.<br/>History, 21st Century.<br/>History, 20th Century.<br/>Heart, Artificial--history.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RD598  / .A785 2018