so you want to see your heart

From the Editor So You Want to See Your Heart Recently, I was walking in the corridors of Baylor Univer- sity Medical Center and suddenly was stopped and asked by a very kind man, “I understand, Dr. Roberts, that you have my heart?” He was Mr. Melvin A. Jones, who had under- gone heart transplantation (number 437) at Baylor Univer- sity Medical Center in 2003. I told him, “Of course I have your heart. We keep these specimens for various studies.” We arranged for Mr. Jones to come to the weekly cardiac pathology conference, and accordingly he saw his heart (Figures 1 and 2). Mr. Jones is asymptomatic and is living a very active life. He indicated that he has had 5 new grandchildren since his heart transplantation! William Clifford Roberts, MD Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute, at Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas. Figure 1. View of Mr. Jones looking at his own heart with Dr. Roberts. (Photograph by Jamie Ko.) Figure 2. View of Baylor University Medical Center cardiology fellows also looking at the interaction. (Photograph by Jamie Ko.) Am J Cardiol 2010;106:1520 www.ajconline.org 0002-9149/10/$ – see front matter © 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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From the Editor

So You Want to See Your Heart

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Figure 2. View of Baylor University Medical Center cardiology fellows also looking at the interaction. (Photograph by Jamie Ko.)

Am000J Cardiol 2010;106:1520 www.ajconline.org2-9149/10/$ see front matter 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.Recently, I was walking in the corridors of Baylor Univer-sity Medical Center and suddenly was stopped and asked bya very kind man, I understand, Dr. Roberts, that you havemy heart? He was Mr. Melvin A. Jones, who had under-gone heart transplantation (number 437) at Baylor Univer-sity Medical Center in 2003. I told him, Of course I haveyour heart. We keep these specimens for various studies.We arranged for Mr. Jones to come to the weekly cardiacpathology conference, and accordingly he saw his heart(Figures 1 and 2). Mr. Jones is asymptomatic and is livinga very active life. He indicated that he has had 5 newgrandchildren since his heart transplantation!

William Clifford Roberts, MDBaylor Heart and Vascular Institute, at

Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.ure 1. View of Mr. Jones looking at his own heart with Dr. Roberts.otograph by Jamie Ko.)