Peer Portner, Heart Pioneer, Dies at 69

Friday, February 20, 2009 - 04:21 in Health & Medicine

Mr. Portner’s studies of the heart led to development of the Novacor pump, an electrical device used to let seriously ill patients survive long enough for a heart transplant.

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