121400login-checkDuke Completes 1,500th Heart Transplant |
“In the midst of the pandemic, Duke University Hospital last week completed its 1,500th heart transplant, a milestone achieved by only five other transplant centers nationwide.
Surgeons performed the first heart transplant at Duke in 1985, and the hospital recorded its 1,000th heart transplant in 2014.
“It’s taken us six years to accomplish the next milestone, which we think is of significance,” Said Dr. Chet Patel, Duke’s medical director for heart transplants.”
Read the full story, here.
121400login-checkDuke Completes 1,500th Heart Transplant |