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Adrian Kantrowitz dies at 90; surgeon performed first U.S. heart transplant

Dr. Adrian Kantrowitz, the pioneering cardiovascular surgeon who performed the first U.S. heart transplant, developed a balloon-pumping device that has saved hundreds of thousands of lives and developed mechanical heart-assist devices, died of heart failure Friday in Ann Arbor, Mich. He was 90.

By Thomas H. Maugh II

November 20, 2008

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