Recipient Marks 1st Year With Artificial Heart
From Times Wire Reports
Chicago resident Thomas Christerson, 71, celebrated the first anniversary of his new heart. He is the only surviving patient of seven who have received the self-contained artificial AbioCor heart.
The device, 20 years in development by Abiomed Inc. of Danvers, Mass., gave Christerson a new lease on life and a place in history.
Christerson looked healthy and was in good spirits as he celebrated at Jewish Hospital in Louisville, Ky., where he spent months recovering after the procedure.
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