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Article: Man lives record 233 days on heart assist device at Texas Heart Institute. (Francisco Rivera)

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MAN LIVES RECORD 233 DAYS ON HEART ASSIST DEVICE

AT TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE

HOUSTON, Jan. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Francisco (Frankie) Rivera set a world record when he was supported for nearly eight months by a Thermo Cardiosystems Inc. HeartMate cardiac assist device while awaiting a heart transplant, Texas Heart Institute/St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital physicians reported today.

The device was inserted into the married father of two on June 7, 1989. He received a heart transplant Jan. 26, in an operation by a team headed by Dr. O.H. Frazier, director of the Texas Heart Institute's Cardiovascular Surgical Research Laboratories ...

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