On April 4, 1969, Dr. Denton Cooley, a Houston heart surgeon, performed
the first successful artificial heart implant on a human patient. The
artificial heart was actually developed by Cooley's cross-town rival and
former colleague, Dr. Michael DeBakey, and his team. Cooley's implant
operation turned the rivalry with DeBakey into a full-fledged feud that
lasted for the next 40 years. DeBakey considered it a betrayal and a
theft of his technology.
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