How a car company built the world's first mechanical heart [Video]

In 1952, Dr. Forest Dodrill captured national attention when he became the first surgeon to use a mechanical heart pump on a patient at Wayne State University's Harper Hospital in Detroit. There's a reason that heart pump looks like a 12-cylinder engine. It was made by General Motors. More »

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