Dr. Adrian Kantrowitz, Cardiac Pioneer, Dies at 90

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - 03:42 in Health & Medicine

Dr. Kantrowitz performed the first human heart transplant in the United States and pioneered the development of devices to prolong the life of patients with heart failure.

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