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Maryland man who received second pig heart transplant dies, hospital says

Por: WPLG Local 10 Health October 31, 2023

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WASHINGTON – The second person to receive a transplanted heart from a pig has died, nearly six weeks after the highly experimental surgery, his Maryland doctors announced Tuesday.Lawrence Faucette, 58, was dying from heart failure and ineligible for a traditional heart transplant when he received the genetically modified pig heart on Sept. 20.According to the University of Maryland School of Medicine, the heart had seemed healthy for the first... + full article



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