article_snippet.sent: A teenager who received a life-saving heart transplant two years ago after initially being denied because of Anthony Stokes bad behavior has died following a high-speed car chase with police.
article_snippet.sent: The boy, from Decatur, suffered from a dilated cardiomyopathy so Anthony Stokes heart was unable to pump enough blood.
article_snippet.sent: The condition can lead to irregular heartbeats, blood clots or heart failure.
article_snippet.sent: Following pressure from national media coverage, the boy's family and civil rights groups, the hospital backpedaled in August 2013, and the teenager received a new heart. '
article_snippet.sent: After reviewing the situation, the hospital backpedaled in August 2013, and the teenager said Anthony would be placed on the list for a heart transplant and that Anthony would be first in line, due to Anthony weakened heart condition,' spokesman Mark Bell said.
article_snippet.sent: In 2013, the Orlando Sentinel reported that the average cost of a heart transplant is between $550,000 and $650,000.
article_snippet.sent: That year, 63 Georgia patients received a heart transplant, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing.
article_snippet.sent: The hospital that carried out a heart transplant, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, had long been quiet about the surgery and Children's Healthcare of cost - citing patient privacy laws - and declined to comment on Wednesday, saying only: 'Children's Healthcare of are deeply saddened by this loss.'