Boyd Rush
American heart transplant recipient / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Boyd Rusia Rush[a 1] (July 4, 1895 – January 24, 1964)[1] was an American upholsterer who was the recipient of the world's first heart transplant on January 24, 1964, at University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi. Furthermore, Boyd's doctor James D. Hardy used a chimpanzee heart since no human donor heart was readily available. This heart beat in Rush's chest for approximately one hour, and then failed. Rush never regained consciousness.[2][3][4]