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Longest-surviving heart transplant patient breaks world record
LONDON: The longest-surviving heart transplant patient, who underwent his operation in England, has been recognised by the Guinness World Records, reported German news agency (dpa). Bert Janssen, 57, from the Netherlands, has survived 39 years with the donor heart he received at Harefield Hospital in London in the 1980s.After developing flu-like symptoms when he was 17, Janssen was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy, a condition that impacts the heart’s ability to pump blood around the body.His cardiologist in his home country had ties with Harefield Hospital in London and transplant pioneer Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub, who eventually carried out the operation on June 6, 1984, as the patient had t

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