Jarvik, Robert

Marilyn, in addition to writing her column, is Chief Financial Officer of Jarvik Heart and assists her husband, Robert Jarvik, with cardiovascular disease research. 

Jarvik, Murray E., and Nina G. Schneider. 1992. "Nicotine." In Substance Abuse A Comprehensive Textbook, edited by Joyce H. Lowinson, Pedro Ruiz, Robert B. Millman, and J. G. Langrod. Baltimore Williams and Wilkins. 

An artificial heart, Jarvik-7, is invented by Robert Jarvik... 

Dr. Robert Jarvik, an American cardiologist, is best known for his contributions to the development of an artificial human heart. 

American physician Robert K. Jarvik refined Kolff s design into the Jarvik-7 artificial heart, intended for permanent use. In 1982, at the University of Utah, American surgeon William G. DeVries implanted it into retired dentist Barney Clark, who survived 112 days. 

In 1982, American surgeon William C. DeVries implanted the first permanent artificial heart, the Jarvik-7, invented hy American physician Robert K. Jarvik, into Seattle dentist Barney Clark. The dentist lived for another 112 days. 

Jarvik-7 artificial heart (Robert Jarvik) TheJarvik-7 allows a calf to five 268 days with the artificial heart. Jarvik combined ideas from several other workers to produce the Jarvik-7. 

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