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First heart assist implant patient gets new heart
Sep 3, 2009
A first of its kind medical procedure in the state is successfully completed on a patient at the Medical University of South Carolina. Thomas Joyner, the first recipient of an implantable heart pump finally gets a new heart after a nearly three month wait.
He says the medical technology helped him resume life at home, as he waited for his life-saving transplant.
