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Article: Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital Announces Landmark Patient Milestone; Everardo Flores Celebrates 365 Days of Support on the HeartMate(R) II Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) This Week.
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- November 9, 2004
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HOUSTON, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Heart Institute announced this week that Everardo Flores will be the first patient in the world to be supported by the HeartMate(R) II left ventricular assist device (LVAD) for a period of 365 days. Everardo, who celebrates the landmark anniversary on Thursday, received the heart pump as part of a U.S. feasibility pilot study by Thoratec Corporation , manufacturer of the device.
Then 18-year old Everardo was admitted to Texas Heart in October 2003 with severe cardiomyopathy and in need of a transplant. Too weak to withstand the surgery, he was implanted with the HeartMate II to keep him alive while regaining his strength ...