Published 10 days ago

Surgeons perform first combined heart pump and pig kidney transplant

Lisa Pisano's heart and kidney failure prevented her from a traditional transplant.
NYU Langone Health doctors used a mechanical pump and a pig kidney for her treatment.
Pisano is recovering successfully after becoming the second patient to receive a pig kidney.

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The Guardian

New Jersey woman receives pig kidney along with mechanical heart pump

The 54-year-old had heart and kidney failure and didn’t qualify for a traditional transplant, so an alternative procedure was devisedDoctors have transplanted a pig kidney into a New Jersey woman who was near death, part of a dramatic pair of surgeries that also stabilized her failing heart.Lisa Pisano’s combination of heart and kidney failure left her too sick to qualify for a traditional transplant, and out of options. Then doctors at NYU Lang…

10 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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Associated Press News

Doctors transplant a pig kidney into a New Jersey woman

Doctors have transplanted a pig kidney into a New Jersey woman who was near death, part of a dramatic pair of surgeries that also included a fix for her failing heart.

10 days ago·United States

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USA Today

Grandmother gets new lease on life from heart pump, pig kidney

A grandmother on the brink of death received an experimental surgery earlier this month, getting a new heart valve and a kidney from a gene-edited pig

10 days ago·United States

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abc News

Woman becomes 1st patient to undergo combined heart pump implant and pig kidney transplant

In a first-of-its-kind procedure, a terminally ill New Jersey woman received a pig kidney transplant and a surgically implanted mechanical heart pump.

10 days ago·United States

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CNN

Surgeons perform first combined heart pump and pig kidney transplant

The first transplant surgery to combine a mechanical heart pump as well as a gene-edited pig kidney has been completed at NYU Langone Health, the system said Wednesday.

10 days ago·Atlanta, United States

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The Washington Post

Doctors combine a pig kidney transplant and a heart device in a bid to extend woman's life

A New Jersey woman who was near death has received a transplanted pig kidney, part of a dramatic pair of surgeries that also stabilized her failing heart

10 days ago

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