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> [Of the many 'firsts' with which I have been involved at the Texas Heart Institute —including the first successful human heart transplant in the United States and the first total artificial heart transplant in the world—the achievement that may have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/denton-cooley/of-the-many-firsts-with-which-i-have-been-involved-at-the-texas-heart/)

[Denton Cooley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/denton-cooley/)

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