First Adult Heart-Lung
Transplant Patient Dies
Mairen Álvarez Chavarría, the
first person in Costa
Rican to undergo heart
and lung transplant died
Sunday night. She was 21 years
of age. Doctors said
Alvarez died from septic
shock from a several
bacterial infection.
Originating from Santa
Cruz de Guanacaste,
Mairen underwent a heart
and lung surgery last
January 18 at the
Hospital Calderón
Guardia, the first adult
to undergo such a
surgery in Costa Rica.
Luis Paulino Hernández,
the hospitals medical
director, announced
Mairen's death yesterday
afternoon.
Hernández said that
Mairen's condition had
been improving before
begging to deteriorate
last Friday and was put
on antibiotics.
Hernández said that the
surgery was a full
success and her body did
not present any organ
rejection Mairen was
breathing and eating on
her own and was expected
to fully recover.
Hernández said that the
hospital will continue
with its transplant
program, adding that the
woman from Limón who
underwent heart
transplant surgery last
year is doing well. |
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