European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 03, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Heart Turgeon William c. A Vries. Surgical Ream in Salt Salto City implanting artifice of heart in Barney Clark in \ 982. An unpublished article. Great opt ism about technology an emphasis on High Ich ology solutions Reliance on closed decision wrung a Lack of Public dialogue very Little attention to Socin questions and comparatively Little attention to costs " be Stein Wonde s Why such a High tech in uni received so much More attention than other proven Means of lowering heart disease risk such As controlling the diet and tobacco use. Part of the answer is that prevention duos not involve a dramatic he said. Secondly preventive Medicine is usually done by the individual. And there Are very Low life by Beth Campbell associated press but not the Quality of life a year after escaping imminent deathly becoming the second permanent artificial heart recipient Wiiliam Schroeder remains bedridden and barely Able to speak. I m sure the Quality of his life is not what he ultimately wished it would be. But i think it s a lot better than the alternative his Turuc on or. William c. Devries said in Louisville by. Schroeder. A Federal Retiree has been beset by three strokes seizures fever and a mysterious illness that sapped his strength 10 weeks after the nov. 25, 1984, implant of the plastic and Metal Jarvik-7 heart. There have been some High Points besides an extra year of life. He r ii rated his 53rd birthday feb. 14 and spent about tour months in a Specia by equipped apartment near Humana Hospital Audubon. Schroeder has taken rides around town in a customized Van spent a Day in his Hometown Olja per ind. Last summer and even went fishing and attended a minor league baseball game. But i experience with the pump and the constant threat of strokes and seizures has prompted abundant criticism of the Experiment headed by Devries. 3, 1985 Only dad can say whether he d want to go through it the patient s eldest son. Mel. Said. Devries said he would t want Iho Quality of me Schroeder has Bui i did t have the a news conference in which he reviewed echoed or s first year with the pump which is powered by a 323-Pound compressor or an 11-Pound portable . Schroeder was Bas a by. Look no at a tenth in the lace and he took the Devinc a sad Laura Wood a nurse who manages Audubon s Post operative care for artificial heart Pat cats a of be Eves Quality of is relative. You Are not talking Abou 30-year-old people who play 18 holes of Golf and and . Wood said. You re talking about people who Are in tremendous amounts of pain. They Don t wan to run marathons they just like to have Day whore they Are not subject to constant perhaps what makes Schroeder i condition seem so Bleak today is the spunk and cheerfulness he displayed to the Wold in the Days immediately alter the implant. Practically his first request alter the operation was for a Beer. He encouraged visitors to touch his Chest to Leel the heart s pumping action. He spoke by Telephone with president Reagan. Virtually All that animation was lost when he suffered the first stroke on dec. 13. 1984. Ii taken a special person to go through lome Lhing this and it s not for Mel Sci troeder said. I Don t think we had much of a Choice because of my lather s nevertheless Schroeder has been More Active than third implant rec pent. Retired Barber and aul worker Murray Haydon who received h 3 sumo feb. 17. Haydon 59, buffered a mid stroke in june has had Dilli culty being weaned from ,1 Respirator because of breathing problems. He has been confined to the coronary care for All but two weeks. Ii Haydon s condition should improve enough for him to undergo a he. A heart transplant Devries said he would recommend it. I think there s no question that if you have a Choice you have a transplant because transplants Are therapeutic he said. Jack Burcham received a Jarvik-7 heart apr 14. Or died 10 Days later when blood seeping from Liny holes in the remnants of his own heart led his Chest cavity and impeded his blood flow. Optimism once held Lor the Humana project has waned but Devries said he remains committed to the Experiment. Despite the patients setbacks. The artificial heart program is progressing More rapidly than expected he said. The stars and stripes Page 15
