European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 21, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday october 21, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 3 Arandia suffered possible stroke doctors report Hershey a. Dpi Anthony Mandia inc first recipient of the Penn state artificial heart had 30minutes of slowed speech sunday in what his doctors called a Brief neurological event that could have been a stroke. Mandia 44, who received the plastic heart Friday Asa Stopgap until a donor is found is on the transplant list and can have the operation As soon As a heart is available said her shy medical Center spokesman Carl Andrews. This follows a Brief neurological event this morning where Tony had about 30 minutes of slow speech Andrews said. A neurologist was called in an egg was taken and he s cleared of any problem with  Roger Williams another spokesman for the medical enter said doctors have been unable to figure out whether the neurological event was a stroke. I think really they Don t know Williams said. Whatever symptoms occurred that were associated with this have  Mandia on saturday had been described As doing remarkably Well by doctors who said he drank some water and spoke with his family. Or. John Burnside associate vice president of the medical Center quoted Mandia As saying that doctors did a hell of a Job. Between you Guys and the Man upstairs i m doing  doctors had said that the artificial device would be replaced with a natural heart when Mandia regains his strength and a human donor is found. The Bachelor talked saturday for the first time since the surgery after a tube inserted in his Throat to Aid his breathing was removed. Burnside said Mandia was awake and  Mandia spent an uneventful first night with the White plastic heart pumping so liners of blood per minute through his body the physician said. Burnside said saturday that there has been no Evi Dence of blood clotting and no evidence of  Mandia s condition remained critical but stable which is routine for heart implant or transplant patients. The Penn slate heart was designed in Hopes of reducing inc risk of strokes that four recipients of the Jarvik-7 heart suffered. Mandia received the heart in a five hour operation per formed by or. William Pierce chief of surgery at the medical Center where the heart was designed and built. It was the 10th artificial heart implant and the fifth on a temporary basis. The Penn state heart and the Jarvik-7 Are the Only federally approved artificial  Penn state heart is similar in Overall design to the Penn state heart it an air powered artificial heart meant for temporary use Only. Us design is similar to but not identical to the Jarvik-7. Several changes have been incorporated into the Penn state heart. Jarvik-7 heart Penn state heart . 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Mandia who had but Burnside said the Ultra smooth scam free plastic a Insp  in lining of the Penn slate heart and the plastic material used in its valves should reduce the danger of stroke up feels privacy of husband invaded widow blocking documentary on Jarvik-7 implant Salt Lake City up1 an impasse Between the widow of the world s first permanent artificial heart recipient and a Public television station has kept a documentary on the pioneering operation off the air for More than two  Loy Clark widow of or. Barney Clark the re tired dentist who received the artificial heart dec. 2, 1982, has refused to allow the documentary to be re leased because of scenes showing the surgery. I thought it was invading my husband s privacy said Clark a pcs Monics wash., resident. Sued to which is owned by the University of Utah has refused to release the hour Long documentary without the scenes showing removal of Clark s natural heart and its replacement with the Jarvik-7. Be honoured even though her husband signed a form consenting to the  we have is an  Between the Clark family and sued and president Peterson has decided to Honor the wishes of the Clark family Dwan said. He said the project was originally conceived for the purpose of producing a video history of the operation but sued decided to make a documentary with the  University had an agreement with the clerk fam ily that it would publicly release certain information Only with the approval of the family Dwan said. The Bottom line was and continues to be the Clark family continues to object he said. Clark 62, received the artificial heart at the univer 11 is we in oui ice pc Mui a production supervisor and co producer of the documentary. That was an important part of the documentary. John Dwan spokesman for the University of Utah medical sciences Center said University president Chase Peterson has decided that Clark s wishes should Organ  said sued had started work on the documentary before Clark was chosen for the operation. He said or. William Dev ies chief surgeon on the Clark operation As Well As other members of the surgery team and people associated with the artificial heart pro Gram appear in the film. About three minutes of it arc devoted to the actual operation and graphically show the removal of Clark s heart and the placement of the mechanical one in his Chest Cutler said. Cutler defends the scene and the documentary saying it was done in such a Way i think it brought out the concerns of everyone  Clark said she thought the documentary was very Well done and should be shown sometime. I have not said i would never allow it to be  she also said she was willing to discuss the documentary again with sued and thinks we could work it  but Clark said she has not had Contact with the station for some time. And she said she continues to object to the surgery portion of the film. It is still in my mind a problem. I still have the same feelings As before she said. It was t anything inappropriate. I just thought it was invading my husband s privacy too