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...SOUNDS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC FILLED THE OPERATING ROOM AT HUMANA HOSPITAL AUDUBON IN LOUISVILLE. AND ONCE AGAIN, AS THE OPERATION DREW TO A CLOSE, A STRANGE, PERCUSSIVE ACCOMPANIMENT AROSE FROM THE PATIENT'S CHEST: ch, ch, ch. FOR DR. WILLIAM DEVRIES, THE ONLY SURGEON IN THE WORLD AUTHORIZED TO IMPLANT THE ARTIFICIAL HEART, THESE WERE THE SOUNDS OF SUCCESS, AS REASSURING TO HIM AS A NEWBORN'S FIRST SQUEAL IS TO THE OBSTETRICIAN...
LAST WEEK'S SURGERY ON MURRAY HAYDON, 58, THE THIRD MAN IN HISTORY to receive a permanent artificial heart, could not have gone more smoothly. DeVries finished the job in 3 1/2 hours, about half the time it took to implant the device in William Schroeder last November, and four hours faster than the first implant surgery conducted more than two years ago on Seattle Dentist Barney Clark. This time there were no problems with bleeding (as there had been with Schroeder), and no breathless moments when the device failed to work (as in Clark's case). Said a nurse...
Like his two predecessors, Haydon became a candidate for heart replacement because of terminal cardiomyopathy, a progressive weakening of the heart muscle. But his chances seemed better than those of either Clark or Schroeder. Clark, who was all but dead at the time of his implant surgery, not only had heart disease but was suffering from emphysema; Schroeder had diabetes and advanced atherosclerosis...
Schroeder, who received his implant 86 days ago, left the hospital about 4 p.m., Irvine, in a wheelchair with his heart powered by the small, portable Heimes drive system...
...impromptu poll was instigated six months ago when a male reader from Indiana wrote in extolling the virtues of his penile implant and how it changed his life. One irate female reader from Oregon shot back, "This man is totally ignorant of the workings of the female mind and heart. If you were to ask 100 women how they feel about sexual intercourse, I'll bet 98% would say, 'Just hold me close and tender. Forget about the act.' " Taking up the challenge, Landers posed the query to her female fans: "Would you be content to be held close...