Travis Marcus

Travis Marcus (born 1990) is the first child in the world to receive a heart transplant[1] after the implementation of the DeBakey miniature heart pump, invented by 96-year-old cardiac surgeon Michael DeBakey. Marcus received the heart pump at Arkansas Children's Hospital in September 2004. The device enabled him to stay alive until a donor heart became available. In November, a heart was found in Houston and Marcus's doctor, Jonathan Drummond-Webb, flew there to harvest the organ. Marcus received his new heart on November 11, 2004. He left the hospital on Thursday, December 23, 2004.

References
  1. "Heart Boy Goes Home for Xmas". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. 24 December 2004. Retrieved 1 February 2011.


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