Heart disease: 25 years ago this man received a heart transplant

'The gift of life' | For 25 years, someone else's heart is beating in his chest
Larry Slagle received a heart transplant in 1995. Without a new heart, doctors say he would not have lived to see 1996.
Author: Marcella Robertson
Updated: 11:23 AM EST February 4, 2021
WASHINGTON — Larry Slagle knew heart issues ran in his family. His father died from heart-related problems at just 62 years old. As an active cyclist living a healthy lifestyle, Slagle says he wasn't too worried about his own heart. 
But it was around the same age, doctors diagnosed him with heart failure too. It was hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, an inherited heart disease that causes the heart muscle to thicken, making it harder to pump blood.

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