Adrian Kantrowitz | |
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Born | New York City, New York, United States | October 4, 1918
Died | November 14, 2008 | (aged 90)
Known for | Left ventricular assist device, heart transplantation |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Cardiac surgeon |
Institutions | L.VAD Technology, Inc. |
Adrian Kantrowitz (October 4, 1918 – November 14, 2008) was an American cardiac surgeon whose team performed the world's second heart transplant attempt (after Christiaan Barnard)[1] at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York on December 6, 1967.[2][3] The infant lived for only six hours. At a press conference afterwards, Kantrowitz emphasized that he considered the operation to have been a failure.[4]
Kantrowitz also invented the intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP), a left ventricular assist device (L-VAD), and an early version of the implantable pacemaker.[2]
In 1981, Kantrowitz became a founding member of the World Cultural Council.[5]
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