A man who was given the world's first permanent artificial heart has died, a friend said yesterday. Peter Houghton became the longest surviving artificial heart patient after receiving the thumb-sized pump at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford in June 2000. Mr Houghton, from Edgbaston, Birmingham, was given just weeks to live when he decided to try the battery-powered Jarvik 2000 heart.
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Artificial heart man dies aged 68 - BBC Health News 3rd December 2007
Artificial heart man dies at 68 - The Independent 4th December 2007
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
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