Artificial heart Artificial heart An artificial heart is a device that replaces the heart. Artificial hearts are typically used to bridge the time to heart transplantation, or to permanently replace the heart in case heart transplantation is impossible. Although other similar inventions preceded it from the late 1940s, the first artificial heart to be successfully implanted in a human was the Jarvik-7 in 1982, designed by a team including Willem Johan Kolff and Robert Jarvik. An artificial heart is distinct from a ventricular assist device (VAD) designed to support a failing heart. It is also distinct from a cardiopulmonary bypass machine, which
Jeanne Liotta to discover what their world is made of and what they think about it - to observe and take notes and reflect upon - that's our jobs as human beings somehow, that's what I feel like I'm doing when I make things. It's just my thinking." The artist's films have been shown at several film exhibitions, including: In 2008 Liotta won the Tiger Award at the Rotterdam Film Festival for her film "Observando el cielo". Liotta's works can be found in a number of public institutions, including: Jeanne Liotta Jeanne Liotta (born 1960) is an American visual artist who is