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Technology: Artificial Hearts.(Dr. O. H. Frazier's innovation of artificial heart)(Brief article)

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Byline: Karla Bruning

Imagine life without a pulse. That's the future of cardiology, if Dr. O. H. Frazier has his way. The chief of cardiovascular transplantation and director of surgical research at the Texas Heart Institute has designed an artificial heart that pumps ...

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