Durable Mechanical Circulatory Support versus Organ Transplantation: Past, Present, and Future

<div>Dr. Cooley performing the first successful heart transplant in the United States—this figure illustrates Dr. Denton Cooley at Texas Heart Institute in May 1968, performing the first successful heart transplantation in the United States. (Photo courtesy of the Texas Heart Institute.)</div>

BioMed Research International

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Figure 1: Durable Mechanical Circulatory Support versus Organ Transplantation: Past, Present, and Future 