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News
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THE BATTALION
Friday, September 28,2}
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heart implant
a first in Texas
HOUSTON (AP) — A sur
gical team has implanted a
self-contained, mechanical
heart in a patient during a six-
hour procedure.
The procedure on Wednesday
was the first such operation in
Texas and the third in the world.
“It couldn’t have gone bet
ter,’’ said Dr. O.H. Frazier, who
spent more than a decade help
ing develop the AbioCor
replacement heart at the Texas
Heart Institute and St. Luke’s
Episcopal Hospital, where the
surgery was performed.
“Everything looks stable now.
He’s not having any problems.
We have some hope for him.”
The completely internal
pump, made of plastic and tita
nium and weighing less than 2
pounds, is powered through the
skin by an external battery pack.
Frazier, who called the
AbioCor heart a rescue device
for patients who have no hope,
told the Houston Chronicle that
the patient had been “desper
ately ill for a long time’’ with
heart failure and was not a can
didate for a heart transplant
because of complications
involving his lungs.
The hospital did not identify
the patient by name or give his
age. Officials said a news brief
ing will be held Friday.
University of Louisville sur
geons implanted the first
AbioCor hearts on July 2 and
Sept. 13 at Jewish Hospital in
Kentucky, one of five hospitals
approved to implant the pump.
The first patient. Bob Tools,
is now in his 87th day. He is
gaining weight and making
excursions outside the hospi
tal. Doctors said his kidneys,
liver and lungs are functioning
normally.
Tom Christerson, just 14
days after surgery, is still in the
early stages of recovery, but
doctors said his condition is
improving.
Wednesday’s operation in
Houston was the culmination
of years of research and
preparation.
Many thought the first per
son to receive an AbioCor
heart would be operated on in
Houston because Frazier had
so much experience with the
device.
However, Houston fell behind
when Tropical Storm Allison
washed away animals about to be
implanted with the device.
The Food and Drug
Administration requires three
practice operations on lab ani
mals designed to give the oper
ating room staff experience.
The AbioCor heart, made by
Massachusetts-based Abiomed
Inc., is intended for patients
with end-stage heart failure who
have more than a 70 percent
chance of dying within a month.
Candidates for the experi
mental pump are people who are
ineligible for transplants with
donor hearts and those who can
not be helped by other available
therapies.
The goal of the study is for
the pump to remain in the
patient for 60 days, Frazier said.
If the patient’s lung condition
improves, then the recipient
may be reassessed for a heart
transplant.
Frazier said his ultimate hope
is that the AbioCor heart will be
a permanent replacement.
“They don’t particularly
Aggies, and it is a very,'
small field.”
Last season, the Agp
posted a 3-0 win over the!
Raiders at the Aggie So
Complex.
This season. Tech is 2-51
has been outscored 15-9. Id
lost to Tulsa, which A&Mt
1 1-0 in exhibition play.
Colorado has also stnijl
this season. The Buffaloes a
4 and have not scored morei
two goals in any game.
A&M beat Colorado
last season, once in the reg
season and once in the
round of the Big 12 touma
by a combined score of!
A&M holds a 6-0 all-timer
against the Buffaloes.
The Aggies have been!
freshman Linsey Johnson l
season. Johnson has seortdl
goal in all five of the Ag
games and either leads the!
or is tied for the lead in allt
offensive categories. She
named the Big 12 newcoraol
the week for her performanaj
the Husky-Nike Invitatia
where she scored the wii
goal against 'Washington.
After the Aggies return I
Boulder this weekend, they!
have four consecutive gamesj
the Aggie Soccer Complex,!
ing with non-conference
nent Houston Oct. 5, andea
with No. 4 Nebraska on OcU
Aggies
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Hawks invade valley
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Thousands of hawks migrating
south for the winter have descended on the Rio Grande Valley.
More than 15,000 broad-winged hawks soared over the Rio
Grande Valley on Wednesday morning and were expected to
remain in area skies through Sunday, said Mike Carlo, a park
ranger at the Santa Ana Wildlife Refuge.
Early autumn is the peak of the season, he said, with the birds
reaching very large numbers in their migration by the time they
reach South Texas.
The broad-winged hawk is a small crow-sized bird of prey that
breeds in the eastern United States and Canada.
The birds start their migration in small groups in mid-August
and form much larger flocks by the time they reach the Valley. The
hawks then cross into Mexico for the last leg of their flight to South
America, which they typically reach by late October, Carlo said.
The birds fly about 300 miles a day, and they fly only with good
weather, he said. To save energy on their long journey, the birds glide
on thermal swells, hot currents of air rising from the earth to avoid flap
ping their wings.
doubles, and mixed doubles,
point is awarded for each
won, and the team with the
points will advance to the
round of competition.
“This is one of our
national championship competi
tions and the only one thausco-
ed,” said A&M men’s laps
coach Tim Cass.
event that we won two'jt©
ago, so we’re really putting tin
pressure on the players,
not won it last year, to
trophy back this weekend." 1
The women’s first schedulif!
competition was to be bP
September 14-16 in Fayettevil
Ark., but was canceled by in
University of Arkansas after
declaration by President Busl
a National Day of Prayer folio'
ing the tragedies in New Yflj
City, Washington, D.C.,
Pennsylvania. They will
next in Los Angeles, Calif.,
October 6-14 at the ITA
American Championships.
The men’s team was i
scheduled to participate in
Texas Intercollegiate being ho?
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Hartman will use the Auburn Invitational as a
chance to scout the competition prepare the team
for qualifying at the Big 12 Championship in
Norman, Okla., on Oct. 27.
The FinishLynx NCAA Cross Country poll
ranked the A&M’s women team as No. 18 national
ly. The men’s team was not ranked as of yet, but
weekend in Waco, but
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week. Their next competM nsh j pS- ' Charles E
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elinquished his rol
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and this years squad to be the highest ranked
team in A&M school history.
The men’s and women’s teams redshirtedse'
eral veteran runners, who have the experience®
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“We redshirted two of our better runners (fori*
men’s team),” Haitman said. “We are going to
shirt a couple of our girls, so it’s going to be a yoai
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