European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 21, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday october 21, 1985 the stars and stripes Mandia upbeat before surgery family reports Hershey a. Up Anthony Mandia had the optimism of a Gambler As he was wheeled into surgery to become the first recipient of a new Type of artificial heart his family said saturday. He said to me on the Way to the operating room i m rolling sevens and i said keep rolling them baby. We re going to win it " said his younger brother Ernest jr., 43. Mandia 44, of Philadelphia likes to Gamble at the casinos in Atlantic City . We just Hope no complications set in and every thing goes Good until a heart can be found for him his brother said at Pennsylvania state University s Hershey medical Center. Mandia a retired clerk at the Philadelphia recreation department spent his first full Day saturday with the new Penn state heart pumping in his Chest. The White plastic device will remain in place until a donor heart ii found. Mandia s father Mother brother and sister in Law talked to reporters before their saturday visit with the patient who is a Bachelor. The patient s brother said when a heart transplant was first suggested to Mandia in March it was no but As his condition worsened he agreed to a transplant and when no human heart was found in time to the temporary artificial heart. Doctors said Mandia would Likely have died within 24 hours without the artificial heart. There was really no other Way to go. It was either that or he was going to die said Ernest who lives near his brother in Northeast Philadelphia and is retired with a hip disability from his Job As a grocery store produce manager. Rita Mandia 66, described her son As very Jolly. A terrific i did have a feeling that he would come through. He s a fighter she said adding that Mandia has been through a lot of pain in his life. Mandia has a disabled left Arm the result of an injury and has had a series of heart attacks. His father Ernest sr., 69, a retired Salesman had tears in his eyes As he called the operation a "1 think it s amazing. I think it s unbelievable agreed Ernest or. It s hard to grasp if you re not he said he would encourage families in a similar situation to make the same decision to go ahead with an artificial heart. If it does t work now it will work for somebody some Day he said. Neighbors said saturday Mandia survived a gunshot the Penn state heart to an air powered artificial a an meant for temporary use Only design is similar to but not identical to the Jarvik-7. Several Cpl Ges have been incorporated into the Penn state heart. Penn state heart Jarvi heart tubes 10 air compressor How the a Bat pumps air pressure applied to me space Between a ventricle Case and us inner Mac forces blood in and out of the Sac. The k 7 Ules db8ion19ifperencesi Malvisi to Penn state Nean uses four valves. Four car oaf valves Wincn Are More Apt o crack or take inside me two ventricles of com artificial neans is a of Sac n Wjk blood collects before it is pumped to the Oody. The Penn a a Nean s a Calre seam free to reduce me Osk of Drood clotting on me sacs Matic adjustment to blood flow tji Penn state Nean reacts to Nangea a a patient s blood me Jarvik-7 must of adjusted of an attending any Sidall Iurco Hertz to it Dicapi Canter. Herin yet wound to the head when he was younger causing the paralysis in his left Arm and the weakness in his left leg. Robert and Laura Blickle said they have lived for 26 years near the Mandia family and that Anthony was shot when he was teen Ager or in his Early 20s. Dpi they said he has some Type of Metal plate in his head. Another neighbor who asked not to be identified said Mandia was shot at a picnic when he was 18 or 19. It was a fellow. Think he went berserk and shot one Guy the neighbor said. Poor Guy he s suffered a feels privacy of husband invaded w blocking documentary on Jarvik-7 ii if Salt Lake City 11ii ii Llly ill the widow of the world s first permanent lab recipient and a Public television station has Umen tary on the pioneering operation off the air for More than two years. Una 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 Moines wash., resident. Sued to which is owned by the University Utah has refused to release the hour Long Doc Upsel. Without the scenes showing removal of heart and its replacement with the a Oil we fell to keep the inter it if documentary As it is we should leave thatis Jweid Al Cutler sued production supervisor a a producer of the documentary that was part of the documentary. John for the University of Utah medical suffices Center said University president Chase Atterson has decided that Clark s wishes should be honoured even though her husband signed a form consenting to the filming. What we have is an impasse Between the and sued and president Peter Sofij to Koimn Kimbes of the Clark fan he Twidt Ntim once cd Tor to purpose of of the operation but sued dec Ijo Trute by Hijji Juary with the footage. Pm varsity had an agreement with in cat it would publicly release certain inform j 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 sity of Utah where the Jarvik-7 was developed. He lived for 112 Days before dying March 23, 1983, of massive Organ failure. Cutler said sued had started work on the documentary before Clark was chosen for the operation. He said or. William do Vries chief surgeon on the Clark operation As Well As other members of the surgery Cia cd with the artificial heart pro a in the film. Boul three minutes of it Are 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 Conw rns of everyone Clark said she thought the documentary was very Ell done and should be shown sometime. I have not would never allow it to be Aid she was willing to discuss the documentary Agat it sued and thinks we could work it but Claro tithe has not had Contact with the station for some time. And she said she Contu Roseto object to the surgery portion of the film. is still in my mind a problem by Jeave the same feelings As before she said. It want hating inappropriate. I just thought it was invading privacy too
