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Although the exact cause of death had not been ascertained yesterday, Mudge said Boucher probably died after his heart muscle had weakened from his body's rejection of the new organ...
...Boucher was readmitted to Brigham and Women's November 25 after the latest of rejection led his doctors to apply for a new heart, but he died before a donor organ could be located...
However, Tilney said at the time of the operation, only 50 percent of heart transplant recipients could be expected to survive. "There are too many variables to be able to predict whether or not a patient will accept the new heart, but Boucher was moribund; he would have died [much earlier] without the operation...
Mudge said Boucher's treatment was complicated by a kidney ailment caused by the large doses of drugs needed to supress his body's rejection of the heart...
...could not praise the surgeons at BWH enough," said Boucher's widow Elaine L'Abbee. "He [Boucher] had a happy an productive 10 months with his new heart and I think BWH is the best hospital in the world...