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Inside first artificial heart transplant that ‘whooshed’ and was made of plastic
TIME.To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.The surgery was not all smooth sailing however, as the 61-year-old suffered a series of seizures only a week later, due to the imbalance of fluids and salts.As a result, he was often disorientated and believed he still worked as a dentist in Seattle, Washington, USA, and was never able to leave the hospital.According to the New York Times he died of “circulatory collapse and secondary multi-organ system failure” triggered by an infection that was likely the result of a blood transfusion on March 23, 1983.