Artificial heart by an immunosuppressive drug complication. The original prototype of Liotta-Cooley artificial heart used in this historic operation is prominently displayed in the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History "Treasures of American History" exhibit in Washington, D.C. The first clinical use of an artificial heart designed for permanent implantation rather than a bridge to transplant occurred in 1982 at the University of Utah. Artificial kidney pioneer Willem Johan Kolff started the Utah artificial organs program in 1967. There, physician-engineer Clifford Kwan-Gett invented two components of an integrated pneumatic artificial heart system: a ventricle with hemispherical diaphragms that did not crush
1969 Copa Argentina Final 1969 Copa Argentina Final The 1969 Copa Argentina Finals were the final two-legged tie that decided the champion of the 1969 Copa Argentina. The finals were contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Boca Juniors and Atlanta. Both matches were played in Estadio Gasómetro in Buenos Aires. Boca Juniors won the first match 3-1, and Atlanta won the second match 1-0, but in the aggregate Boca Juniors won 3-2 to claim their first Copa Argentina Title. The champions was automatically qualified to the Recopa Sudamericana de Clubes, but Boca had already qualified to 1970 Copa Libertadores, so the runners-up, Atlanta, Took