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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Phyllis Cha

First heart transplant through VA-Northwestern Medicine collaboration goes to Navy vet

Dwayne Patterson, a Navy veteran, was the first patient to receive a heart transplant through a collaboration between Northwestern Medicine and the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center. (Provided/Northwestern Medicine)

Dwayne Patterson is proud of his time in the Navy, and is happy that this year, he can attend a Veterans Day event somewhere near his Park Forest home.

That wasn’t the situation last year, when congestive heart failure left him unable to walk more than a few feet without feeling exhausted.

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