The Culture
December 21, 2016
Denton A. Cooley, 1920-2016
Houston says farewell to its legendary heart surgeon.
Denton Cooley
The Culture
January 21, 2013
Houston’s “Pulseless” Artificial Heart Revisited
Heart Stops Beating, the Sundance-featured short film about the Texas Heart Institute's unprecedented "continuous flow device," is reworked into a longer and more detailed version, now called Flatline.
The Culture
January 20, 2013
51–75
From Donald Chambers founding the Bandidos in Houston to Gordon Granger reading General Orders No. 3 in Galveston
Web Exclusive
September 30, 2012
Celebrating Denton Cooley and Old Houston
How the 50th anniversary party for the Texas Heart Institute was really a glimpse into the Houston that once was.
The Culture
February 7, 2012
VIDEO: Living Without a Pulse
Director Jeremiah Zagar's short film, Heart Stop Beating, which premiered at Sundance, documents another visionary heart surgery procedure out of Houston.
Denton Cooley
January 1, 2012
Two Hearts
Conducting the country’s first successful heart transplant and the world’s first artificial heart transplant made Denton Cooley a household name—and turned one of his closest colleagues against him.
Business
March 1, 1988
Lifestyles of the Rich and Bankrupt
Going broke is for poor people. Here’s a whole chapter of Texans who have found ways to clear the books without losing their ranches, Rolls, or Rolexes.