{"id":45,"date":"2009-08-13T10:51:21","date_gmt":"2009-08-13T10:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/case-reports\/?p=45"},"modified":"2009-08-13T10:51:21","modified_gmt":"2009-08-13T10:51:21","slug":"heart-transplant-record-holder-dies-of-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/case-reports\/2009\/08\/13\/heart-transplant-record-holder-dies-of-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Heart transplant record holder dies of cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Heart transplant recipient (Tony Huesman) who lived a record 31 years with a single donated organ has died at age 51 of cancer, his heart still going strong, his widow said.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/ap\/article\/ALeqM5gnQiN07zDQb__Ewkq1oYF1GDHS0wD9A0NPCO0\">Associated Press 12th August 2009<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When he received the heart transplant in 1978 he was told he may have had 5 years to live. Since then survival has improved but graft survival is usually no more than 15 years<sup>1<\/sup> which makes Mr Huesman&#8217;s achievement all the more unique.<\/p>\n<p>1) Dayton JD, Kanter KR, Vincent RN, Mahle WT. <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.healun.2005.11.443\">Cost-effectiveness of pediatric heart transplantation<\/a>. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2006 Apr;25(4):409-15. Epub 2006 Feb 8.<!--TrendMD v2.4.8--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Heart transplant recipient (Tony Huesman) who lived a record 31 years with a single donated organ has died at age 51 of cancer, his heart still going strong, his widow said.&#8221; Associated Press 12th August 2009 When he received the heart transplant in 1978 he was told he may have had 5 years to live. 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