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Westchester Man Undergoes Heart, Kidney Transplant
wnbc.com
POSTED: 11:05 am EDT July 6, 2007
VALHALLA -- Surgeons at the Westchester Medical Center have performed an unusual operation: a combined heart and kidney transplant.
The patient, 63-year old Paul Brand, a Westchester resident, is doing well.
Brand, a realtor from Tuckahoe, was first diagnosed with heart disease as a child.
He had been on the waiting list for a heart transplant for nearly 5 years and recently suffered renal failure as a result of his weakened heart.
Only about 20 such procedures have been performed in New York state.