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Historical Aspects of Mechanical Circulatory Support
Early mechanical circulatory support devices and technology development Establishing the Concept In the 1930s, Carrel and Lindbergh developed an in vitro artificial heart-like apparatus for keeping organs alive outside the body. They removed the hearts, kidneys, ovaries, adrenal glands, thyroid…