In the USA, a second patient underwent a pig heart transplant. The man died six weeks after the operation.
Information about the man's death was posted on the website of the University of Maryland Medical Center. The man's name was Lawrence Fawcett, he was 58 years old.
The American was diagnosed with a terminal stage of heart failure, doctors prohibited to conduct him a traditional heart transplant.
After the intervention, Lawrence lived for six weeks. All this time he felt good, spent time with loved ones and even played cards with his wife.
We shall remind you that Novosibirsk doctors cured a patient with a donor heart of cancer.