Domingo Liotta Hospital, Houston, Texas. First Clinical use. 1966 (August 8): Liotta-DeBakey LVAD in a paracorporeal position in cardiogenic shock postcardiotomy, Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas. First successful clinical use. 1969 (April 4): Liotta-Cooley Total Artificial Heart, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas. First clinical use. http://www.texasheartinstitute.org/Research/Devices/liotta.cfm. This device was stolen from the lab of Dr. Michael E. DeBakey by Liotta. Dr. Cooley was not involved in any way in its development. The device had not been successful in animal experiments, and while the patient had the artificial heart in place he developed multiple system organ failure, as the experimental animals had, and died
Human trafficking in Argentina party to it to prevent and combat human trafficking and to assist and protect the victims of it. It also encourages countries to cooperate among themselves to achieve these objectives. In Argentina this crime is punishable by law. There are many laws that cover this problem, but the crime continues to occur. An important legal development in this area was the enactment of law number 26.364, which tries to achieve what this international protocol seeks and provides penalties of 3 to 15 years in prison. Despite being a serious felony, in Argentina there are no official statistics on this crime,