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Article: First Patient Enrolled In AbioCor Trial Dies.(Robert Tools dies from complications of prexisting condition)(Obituary)
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- Health & Medicine Week
- Article date:
- December 31, 2001
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2001 DEC 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- University of Louisville physicians Laman A. Gray, Jr., MD, and Rob D. Dowling, MD, were deeply saddened to announce the death of Robert Tools. Tools was the recipient of the world's first totally implantable artificial heart on July 2, 2001, at Jewish Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky.
Tools passed away due to complications that arose after an episode of severe abdominal bleeding.
"Bob became a dear friend to all of us. We will miss Bob's laugh, his sense of humor and his fighting spirit," Dowling said. "Our sympathy and support go out to his family and to all those who knew and loved Bob. His pioneering ...