| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:cardiologist gptkb:person
 
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                                | gptkbp:almaMater | gptkb:University_of_Texas_at_Austin gptkb:Johns_Hopkins_School_of_Medicine
 
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                                | gptkbp:awardReceived | gptkb:National_Medal_of_Technology gptkb:Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom
 gptkb:René_Leriche_Prize
 
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                                | gptkbp:birthDate | 1920-08-22 
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                                | gptkbp:birthPlace | gptkb:Houston,_Texas,_USA 
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                                | gptkbp:children | 5 
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                                | gptkbp:deathDate | 2016-11-18 
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                                | gptkbp:deathPlace | gptkb:Houston,_Texas,_USA 
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                                | gptkbp:employer | gptkb:Texas_Heart_Institute gptkb:Baylor_College_of_Medicine
 
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                                | gptkbp:fieldOfWork | gptkb:medicine cardiac surgery
 
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                                | gptkbp:founder | gptkb:Texas_Heart_Institute 
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                                | gptkbp:knownFor | first successful human heart transplant in the United States first implantation of a total artificial heart
 
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                                | gptkbp:memberOf | gptkb:American_College_of_Surgeons gptkb:American_Association_for_Thoracic_Surgery
 
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                                | gptkbp:nationality | gptkb:American 
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                                | gptkbp:notableStudent | gptkb:O._H._Frazier 
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                                | gptkbp:occupation | gptkb:physician gptkb:professor
 
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                                | gptkbp:restingPlace | gptkb:Glenwood_Cemetery,_Houston 
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                                | gptkbp:spouse | gptkb:Louise_Goldsborough_Thomas 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Baylor_College_of_Medicine gptkb:Michael_E._DeBakey
 gptkb:Michael_DeBakey
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 6 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Denton Cooley 
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