One included removing much of the man's diseased heart.
During 1987, 49 diseased hearts had been substituted by surgeons all over the world with a Jarvik-7 model.
This Lotrell had a diseased heart which would have given out anyway.
The Stone rolled free, lay pulsing like a diseased heart on the bright floor.
He could almost hear the great diseased heart thumping under the grey-black skin.
Again emerald beat in the air like the throbbing of a diseased heart.
Talking about a diseased heart is one thing.
Here was this diseased heart getting bigger and sicker all the time.
A team of doctors worked for over 12 hours to replace the baby's diseased heart.
The diseased heart is removed to make room for the two-pound device.