First patient receives combined pig kidney transplant, heart pump

Photo caption: Lisa Pisano looks at photos of her dog after her surgeries at NYU Langone Health in New York April 22, 2024. […]. Photo credit: Shelby Lum, Associated Press. Article by Miranda Nazzaro. The Hill – April 24, 2024.

Doctors in New York City performed the first-ever combined heart pump implant and pig kidney transplant on a terminally ill patient. Surgeons at NYU Langone Health carried out the first-of-its-kind operation on Lisa Pisano in two stages over the course of nine days earlier this month, […]

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