Heart transplant
NZPA-AP New York A boy, aged four, has “excellent” chances of survival after getting a new heart during an operation in which a magnifying glass had to be used so doctors could see his small heart, according to hospital officials. James Lovette, of Denver, is the youngest person to
receive a heart transplant anywhere in the world, a spokesman at ColumbiaPresbyterian Hospital in Manhattan said yesterday. He said the child, came through the five hour operation fine and hospital officials said his chances of surviving were “excellent." A hospital administrator said the boy was in a critical but stable condition.
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Press, 12 June 1984, Page 6
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