‘Definitely a miracle’: Puerto Rican woman receives rare heart-lung transplant in Florida ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 27, 2025 — For Ivelese Nieves, what began as a honeymoon trip to Bogotá, Colombia, …
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Heart-lung transplant patient is doing well after realizing his dream for the first time in 16 years
by Lynn Nicholsby Lynn NicholsStanford Medicine Children's Health celebrates two milestones in thoracic organ transplantation: 35 years of pediatric lung transplants and 50 years of heart transplants Needing a heart-lung transplant won't stop Tony …
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Lung Transplantation
Heart-lung transplant patient achieves dream and recovers after 16 years
by Lynn Nicholsby Lynn NicholsStanford Children's Medical Center celebrates two milestones in thoracic organ transplantation: 35 years of pediatric lung transplants and 50 years of heart transplants Despite needing a heart-lung transplant, Tonirose Legaspi …
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Heart Transplantation
Reunion to commemorate 40 years since Europe’s first successful heart-lung transplant
Professor John Wallwork led a team of doctors who carried out the pioneering surgery in 1984 at the then Papworth Hospital in the village of Papworth Everard, Cambridgeshire. The patient, …