Word: debakey
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...major cause of death. So it is only natural that the world's two leading temples of heart surgery should be American: Methodist Hospital and the Texas Heart Institute, both in Houston. Each of those imposing centers is largely the work of one man. Dr. Michael DeBakey (TIME cover, May 28, 1965), son of a Lebanese immigrant, built Methodist to greatness; Dr. Denton Cooley, his onetime protégé turned bitter rival, founded the Texas Heart Institute...
...concentrating on their unsuccessful but dramatic experiments with the heart transplant, an operation first executed by South Africa's Dr. Christiaan Barnard. Thompson, a Texan and a staff writer for LIFE, spent several months in Houston last year after the transplant frenzy had subsided. He made rounds with DeBakey, Cooley and their entourages, donned surgical green to watch operations, and talked with dozens of doctors and patients. He has put together a somewhat disjointed but compelling account of a rarefied sphere in the world of medicine...
...operation was hardly the first attempt to use an artificial heart device in humans. Dr. Michael DeBakey has tried temporary pumping mechanisms on eight patients, two of whom are still alive. Kantrowitz has twice installed permanent heart pumps in patients, one of whom survived for 13 days. But last week's operation differed from the previous ones. Kantrowitz's new pump is not only more advanced than earlier assist mechanisms, but because of a specially developed inner coating, it is less likely to trigger the blood-clotting problems that plagued earlier implants. Therefore it has a better chance...
Calabresi agreed with DeBakey that to avoid life-saving because of increasing population is fallacious. He said, "Not saving people who could die is a hell of a way of population control...
Both men looked forward to less costly, more successful and universal heart transplants but stressed the need for consideration of human values to keep pace with technology. DeBakey said, "We must keep in mind that as we move forward in our development, compassing constitutes a very important factor...