Second Recipient Of Pig Heart Transplant Passes Away — Wished Doctors To 'Make The Most' Of What They Learned
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WASHINGTON, D.C.: 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.
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.
The patient, who had terminal heart disease, had displayed some initial signs of rejection. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The second-ever recipient of a pig heart transplant, Lawrence Faucette, has died six weeks after the experimental procedure.