Mar 5 Local News Artificial Heart Implanted at UK Hospital From Brenna Angel, Kentucky Public Radio Doctors in Lexington have successfully implanted a Syncardia Total Artificial Heart. This is the first time this brand of artificial heart has been implanted in Kentucky. Dr. Mark Plunkett, chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Kentucky, says the artificial heart is a bridge until a transplant is […] By Rick Howlett Mar 5 Local News Artificial Heart Implanted at UK Hospital Rick Howlett