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Cooley, Denton A., 1920-2016

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Personal name headingCooley, Denton A., 1920-2016
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Birth date1920-08-22
Death date2016-11-18
Place of birthHouston (Tex.)
Place of deathHouston (Tex.)
Field of activityHeart--Surgery Heart, Artificial
AffiliationTexas Heart Institute
Profession or occupationHeart surgeons
Found inThe treatment of aneurysm of the abdominal aorta by resection and aortic homograft. [MP] 1953.
100,000 hearts, 2012: t.p. (Denton A. Cooley, M.D.) p. 246 (Denton Arthur Cooley)
New York times WWW site, viewed Nov. 21, 2016 (in obituary published Nov. 18: Dr. Denton A. Cooley; b. Denton Arthur Cooley, Aug. 22, 1920, Houston; d. there Friday [Nov. 18, 2016], aged 96; renowned surgeon who was the first to implant a totally artificial heart in a patient and in the process set off one of medicine's greatest feuds)
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