University of Wisconsin
The Why Files: Heart to Heart
Follow the story of James Reynolds as he receives a heart transplant. This site gives a fairly graphic, detailed account of the surgery involved.
PBS
Nova: Electric Heart
NOVA chronicles the story of a handful of brilliant surgeons and researchers who have pursued the target of a practical artificial heart for decades. The website contains a wonderful map of the human heart, amazing heart facts,...
National Institutes of Health
U.s. National Library of Medicine: Profiles in Science: Adrian Kantrowitz Papers
Adrian Kantrowitz's life and scientific accomplishments are chronicled and catalogued in this extensive exhibition. Kantrowitz was famous for performing the first heart transplant in the United States, and for the life-saving inventions...
Other
Transplant Q/a
Article with questions and answers relating to heart transplants. Great info from who is eligible, what is an average cost, what drugs are related and much more.
PBS
Pbs: Scientific American Frontiers: Searching for a Substitute
This article on the history and development of the artificial heart examines past attempts at artificial heart transplant and looks at future research and development.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Invention of the Week: Robert Jarvik: Artificial Heart
Read about Robert Koffler Jarvik, the "inventor of the first permanently-implantable artificial heart." This article provides a biography of the inventor, the reasons why he became interested in creating an artificial heart, and his...
PBS
Pbs: Pioneers of Heart Surgery
Discusses several pioneers of heart surgery, including Christian Barnard.
American Heart Association
American Heart Association Heart Transplants
"When does a person need a transplant? How many people need and receive transplants?" Learn the answers to these question when you use this site.
University of Texas Libraries
Denton Cooley
Brief biography of Texas heart surgeon Dr. Denton Cooley. Details the cardiologist's professional career quoting his personal reflections in the development of cardiovascular surgery.
PBS
Pbs: Christiaan Barnard
This site, which is provided for by PBS, gives an article about Christian Barnard's heart transplant accomplishments.
Texas Heart Institute
Texas Heart Institute: Heart Information Center: Heart Transplantation
One-page overview on heart transplants with useful information on the reasons for needing one and the process one goes through to get one.