The Texas Heart Institute, Houston, TX
April 4^th 1969

D. Liotta, MD and D.A. Cooley implanting the first orthotopic artificial heart in Haskell Karp, after removing his failing heart

April 6^th 1969

Haskell Karp, two days after the historical operation, is visited bt D. Liotta,MD and D.A. Cooley, MD

Today, at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Morón, Argentina the Assisted Circulation System is under clinical trial by D. Liotta, Dean and the Surgeon in chief of the Dupuytren - Quilmes Private Hospital Cardiovascular Center