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February 2015 | Read this issue and more at www.healthandwellnessmagazine.net |
Artificial Heart
Advancements
By Charles Sebastian, Staff Writer
Willem Johan Kolff, a Dutch doctor, is often called “The Father of
Artificial Organs.” It was Kolff who
first started working on an artificial
heart for those with genetic heart
diseases and those experiencing
heart failure. While most of the early
attempts were crude, they led the way
for the advancements we have today.
Many besides Kolff had been
working toward the success of a
fully-operational artifi