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On 21 April 1966, Michael DeBakey and Liotta implanted the first scientific LVAD in a paracorporeal role (where the outside pump rests on the aspect of the patient) at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, in a patient experiencing cardiogenic shock after heart surgical procedure. The affected person evolved neurological and pulmonary headaches and died after few days of LVAD mechanical assist. In October 1966, DeBakey and Liotta implanted the paracorporeal Liotta-DeBakey LVAD in a new affected person who recovered well and turned into discharged from the clinic after 10 days of mechanical assist, hence constituting the primary a success use of an LVAD for postcardiotomy surprise.