Prescott man receives 100th heart transplant from specialized program

Steve Ekdahl, a 68-year-old Prescott resident, was having a perfectly mundane afternoon on Dec. 21, 2022. One moment, he was brushing his teeth; the next, his wife found him unconscious on the bathroom floor. After a 911 call, CPR and an electric shock from the paramedics’ defibrillator, Ekdahl was transported to a nearby emergency room…



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Tags: Banner University Medical Center Phoenix, Radha Gopalan, total artificial heart, heart transplant, 100th heart transplant