newspaper explainedTHE NEW YORK TIMES‘, the reason behind the death of the man who He underwent a pig heart transplant, Experts from the University of Maryland School of Medicine announced that they believe this man was infected with the swine virus.
The newspaper indicated that David Bennett, the man who underwent a heart transplant from a pig last January, did not show any symptoms of rejection of the new heart, but was in good health and the heart was working normally and well for two months, and this made the science search for the cause of death. And they believe that the reason is the man’s exposure to the swine virus.
Dr. Bartley Griffith, a heart transplant specialist, who performed a pig heart transplant to a man, confirmed that the patient’s presence of a virus DNA is the reason for his sudden ill health, and therefore the doctor suggests, that there is no evidence that the man had an active viral infection. , Or that his body rejected the heart of the pig.
The doctor explained that the man’s condition before performing the pig’s heart transplant was dangerous, as he had an incurable heart disease, and he did not follow any instructions told to him, and therefore his condition was dangerous.
And Bartley added, that David was infected on the twentieth day of the operation to transfer the pig’s heart with a virus that began to develop until it spread to the rest of the body, and until the 45th day of the operation, the man was alarmingly sick, so that he refused to speak, breathing with difficulty, and suffering from a mild fever, until his death passed away.
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