SPARTA SURGICAL CORP
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                     U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                      FORM 4

                  STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

    Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
       Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
               Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

[  ] Check this box if no longer subject of Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5
     obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person

   Reiner               Thomas                  Francis
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   (Last)               (First)                 (Middle)

   4478 Fleetwood Road
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                                    (Street)

   Danville             California              94506
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   (City)               (State)                 (Zip)

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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

   Sparta Surgical Corporation (SPSG)
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3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)

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4. Statement for Month/Year

   11/99
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)

   10/99
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
   (Check all applicable)

   [ X ]   Director                             [   ]   10% Owner
   [ X ]   Officer (give title below)           [   ]   Other (specify below)


                           Chairman, President & CEO
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           Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
                             or Beneficially Owned
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                                                                                                                6.
                                                                 4.                              5.             Owner-
                                                                 Securities Acquired (A) or      Amount of      ship
                                                    3.           Disposed of (D)                 Securities     Form:     7.
                                                    Transaction  (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)             Beneficially   Direct    Nature of
                                      2.            Code         ------------------------------- Owned at End   (D) or    Indirect
1.                                    Transaction   (Instr. 8)                   (A)             of Month       Indirect  Beneficial
Title of Security                     Date          ------------     Amount      or     Price    (Instr. 3      (I)       Ownership
(Instr. 3)                            (mm/dd/yy)     Code     V                  (D)             and 4)         (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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<S>                                   <C>            <C>      <C>    <C>         <C>    <C>      <C>            <C>     <C>
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Common Stock                           11/12/99       J                5,000      A     $1.12    1,595,045      D
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Common Stock - See Note #1             09/07/99       J              400,000      A     $0.0     1,995,045      D    See Note #1
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Common Stock - See Note #2, 3, 4       09/09/99       J              210,000      A     $0.0       996,917      I    See Note #2,3,4
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Common Stock - See Note #3             11/19/99       J              350,000      A     $0.0     1,346,917      I    See Note #3
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</TABLE>
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly


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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>


FORM 4 (continued)

Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
         (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

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                                                                                                          9.        10.
                                                                                                          Number    Owner-
                                                                                                          of        ship
                2.                                                                                        Deriv-    of
                Conver-                    5.                              7.                             ative     Deriv-   11.
                sion                       Number of                       Title and Amount               Secur-    ative    Nature
                of                         Derivative    6.                of Underlying         8.       ities     Secur-   of
                Exer-             4.       Securities    Date              Securities            Price    Bene-     ity:     In-
                cise     3.       Trans-   Acquired (A)  Exercisable and   (Instr. 3 and 4)      of       ficially  Direct   direct
                Price    Trans-   action   or Disposed   Expiration Date   --------------------  Deriv-   Owned     (D) or   Bene-
1.              of       action   Code     of(D)         (Month/Day/Year)                Amount  ative    at End    In-      ficial
Title of        Deriv-   Date     (Instr.  (Instr. 3,    ----------------                or      Secur-   of        direct   Owner-
Derivative      ative    (Month/  8)       4 and 5)      Date     Expira-                Number  ity      Month     (I)      ship
Security        Secur-   Day/     ------   ------------  Exer-    tion                   of      (Instr.  (Instr.   (Instr.  (Instr.
(Instr. 3)      ity      Year)    Code V    (A)   (D)    cisable  Date     Title         Shares  5)       4)        4)       4)
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<S>             <C>      <C>      <C>       <C>         <C>      <C>      <C>            <C>      <C>      <C>       <C>    <C>
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Stock Option    $2.35    06/14/99  A        350,000     06/14/99  06/14/99  Common Stock  350,000  --    1,347,002    D
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Warrants        $1.70    09/07/99  A        100,000     09/07/99  09/07/02  Common Stock  100,000          642,500    I  See Note #3
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Explanation of Responses:

Note #1 - Held by the Reporting Person as Trustee for the Company and Subject to
          an Escrow  Agreement  by and  between  the  Reporting  Person  and the
          Company. - 1,902,986

Note #2 - Held by the Reporting Person as Trustee - 10,417 for Arbora, A.G.

Note #3 - Held by the  Reporting  Person as Trustee - 42,500  for  NationsCredit
          Commercial  Funding  Corp.,  150,000  for L.  Reiner,  50,000  for SJS
          Holding,  Inc., 400,000 for IGC of New York, Inc., 240,000 for Spages,
          NV,  20,000 for Royce  Walker,  LLC,  and 100,000 for FBO John Weller,
          IRA, 16,500 Sellingen  Capital,  LLC, and 175,000 for Sheldon Kabaker,
          MD,  25,000 for D. Brewer and 10,000 for P&J Cook,  350,000 for Spags,
          N.V.

Note #4 - Held by the Reporting Person or Trustee, 200,000 for Maria Mursell and
          200,000 for Eugene Olsen Trust


          /s/ Thomas F. Reiner                              October 28, 1999
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      **Signature of Reporting Person                             Date

**   Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
     Violations.

     See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note:  File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
       If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedures.




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