The second patient who received a heart transplant from a pig also died on Monday.
Lawrence Faucette, 58, died almost six weeks after the highly experimental surgery, Maryland doctors announced to the US media. The man was dying of heart failure and ineligible for a traditional heart transplant when he received the heart of a genetically modified pig on September 20.
According to the University of Maryland School of Medicine, the heart appeared healthy for the first month but began to show signs of rejection in recent days. In a statement released by the hospital, Faucette's wife, Ann, explained that her husband "knew his time with us was short and this was his last chance to do something for others. He never imagined he would survive this long."
(Unioneonline)
