Lawrence Faucette, a 20-year Navy veteran and a married father of two from Frederick, Maryland, has died after he underwent a highly experimental surgery for a pig heart transplant.
A Maryland man who received a pig heart transplant in a highly experimental surgery nearly six weeks ago has died, his Maryland doctors announced Tuesday. Lawrence Faucette, 58, a 20-year Navy veteran and a married father of two from Frederick, Maryland, had end-stage heart disease and was ineligible for a traditional heart transplant when he underwent surgery to replace his heart with a genetically modified pig heart on Sept. 20.
It also released a video showing him working hard in physical therapy to regain the strength needed to attempt walking. Then cardiac xenotransplant chief Dr. Muhammad Mohiuddin said the hospital moved into the next step of the procedure: withdrawing medications to allow the heart to function on its own. 'We are withdrawing all the drugs that were initially supporting his heart,' Mohiuddin, M.D.
Many scientists hope xenotransplants one day could compensate for the huge shortage of human organ donations. More than 100,000 people are on the nation’s list for a transplant, most awaiting kidneys, and thousands will die waiting. The Associated Press contributed to this report. For more Health articles, visit www.foxnews.com/health.
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