The Nation - News from Jan. 2, 1985

Doctors prepared to test candidates for the world’s third artificial heart implant while William J. Schroeder celebrated New Year’s Day with his family and watched football games on television. Humana Hospital Audubon in Louisville, Ky., Schroeder’s home since his diseased heart was replaced with a plastic and metal device on Nov. 25, has received dozens of calls from persons hoping to undergo the surgery, a hospital spokeswoman said. Although no potential patients have been admitted to the hospital, doctors planned to interview and test candidates immediately after New Year’s Day, spokeswoman Donna Hazle said. “Mr. Schroeder remains in serious but stable condition and continues to recover from the stroke,” she said.