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...Barney Clark's heart was the least of his worries last week, and that was a welcome change. The air-powered artificial heart permanently implanted in place of his own failing organ continued to work perfectly, just as it had from the time of the landmark operation in Salt Lake City on Dec. 1. The plastic pump clicked steadily at an unvarying 90 beats a minute as Clark made remarkable initial progress. And it pulsed without pause as Clark suffered, and survived, the first major setback in his recovery. The heart's unflagging performance led Dr. Chase Peterson...
...Barney Clark gets the first permanent artificial heart...
Shortly after he awoke last Thursday morning in Salt Lake City, Barney Clark recognized the familiar sight and voice of his wife Una Loy, who was near by. There was also an unfamiliar noise: a soft, rhythmical clicking coming from his chest. And he realized, to his surprise, that he was still alive...
...matter how long he survives, life will not be easy for Barney Clark. He is permanently tethered to 375 Ibs. of equipment that includes two compressors, a back-up compressor, a three-hour supply of pressurized air to operate the heart in case of a power failure, a drier to dehumidify the air, and mechanisms that control the air pressure and heart rate. All of this gear can be placed on what his doctors call a "shopping cart," which must always be within six feet of the patient, the length of the power lines that emerge from just below Clark...
...LAST YEAR," began a leaflet circulated by Congress man Barney Frank, typical of Democratic propaganda this fall, "the Reagan Administration and its Republican friends in Congress tried to cut Social Security cost-of-living benefits. Barney Frank and the Democrats stopped them...