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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2022
- Duke Surgeons perform the world’s first successful partial heart transplant in an infant. The surgery was performed on 5-pound newborn, Owen Monroe. His family is from Leland, N.C. The Duke Health team was led by Dr. Joseph Turek. See link in bio for more about the procedure.
“As harrowing of an experience as it was for our family, we knew from the beginning that Owen was in the best hands,” said Nick Monroe, Owen’s father. “Our greatest hope is that Owen’s success story will change the way organ donation and transplants are handled not only for congenital heart disease babies, but for all patients.
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