Artificial Ventricle
notes: label: Description
content: Artificial ventricle from Adrian Kantrowitz (1918-2008), the surgeion who performed the first heart transplant in the United States and pioneered the development of mechanical devices to prolong the life of patients with heart failure.
label: Description
content: “Dr. Adrian Kantrowitz, Cardiac Pioneer, Dies at 90,” New York Times (Nov. 19, 2008), p. A33.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Dr. Adrian Kantrowitz
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-12971 [dup1]
label: catalog number
content: M-12971
label: accession number
content: 290303
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Ventricle, Auxiliary, Artificial
label: Object Name
content: cardiology
label: Object Name
content: ventricle, auxiliary
label: Other Terms
content: Ventricle, Auxiliary, Artificial; Surgery
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 in x 1 3/4 in x 1 5/8 in; 15.24 cm x 4.445 cm x 4.1275 cm