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Heart transplant recipient meets donor’s family for first time.
Before she turned 22, Katherine had undergone more than 20 heart procedures. Her fifth open-heart surgery was a heart ... source
Human trachea transplant recipient thriving one year after medical milestone
A team of surgeons in New York successfully transplanted a human trachea into a critically ill patient. One year later, that patient is ... source
Lung Transplant Recipient Defies All Odds
Meara Schmidt, 28, almost died a few weeks ago. Lying in her hospital bed at UCLA, the seriously ill cystic fibrosis patient felt herself slipping away and her life flashing
Heart transplant recipient sees old heart
Edward Pawlik received a new heart after being diagnosed with a rare heart disease. Part of the program at Baylor University Medical Center is to go back and see the