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Bert Janssen, from the Netherlands, was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy aged just 17, which makes it difficult for the heart to pump blood around the body.
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Steve Syer, who died after a short illness, was one of the first people in the UK to receive the transplant back in 1984 after receiving the heart from a young motorbike accident victim.