Dr adrian kantrowitz biography of michael
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By JASCHA HOFFMAN
Dr. Adrian Kantrowitz, who performed the first human heart transplant in the United States in and pioneered the development of mechanical devices to prolong the life of patients with heart failure, died Friday in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Dr adrian kantrowitz biography of michael
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The cause was complications of heart failure, said Jean Kantrowitz, his wife of nearly 60 years and a longtime colleague in developing the devices.
On Dec. 6, , when he removed the heart of a brain-dead baby and implanted it into the chest of a baby with a fatal heart defect, Dr.
Kantrowitz became the first doctor to perform a human heart transplant in the United States. The patient lived for only six and a half hours, but the operation was a milestone on the way to the routine transplants of today.
Along with Dr.
Michael E. DeBakey of Texas and a few others, Dr. Kantrowitz helped open the new era in care for seemingly terminally ill heart patients, using both surgery and artificial devices. His work at Maimonides