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Baby kept alive with world’s smallest artificial heart
Italian doctors are reporting that they kept a 16-month-old boy alive for 13 days as he waited for a heart transplant by implanting him with the world’s smallest artificial heart. The boy suffered from dilated myocardiopathy, in which the heart muscle stretches or enlarges, impairing function. The tiny titanium pump the boy received weighs only 11 grams...
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