Flashback: Germany's First Artificial HeartTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video07/08/2013July 8, 2013In 1987, doctors at Berlin's Heart Center successfully implanted an artificial heart for the first time ever in the country. The doctor who led the operation was Roland Hetzer, who is still the head of the Heart Center.https://p.dw.com/p/193UUAdvertisement