Teenager lives for record 118 days without a heart before having transplant- Daily Mail 21st November 2008

Friday, November 21, 2008

A teenager survived for nearly four months without a heart until she was able to have a transplant, American doctors say.

D’Zhana Simmons, 14, was kept alive by a custom-built artificial blood-pumping device. It is the first time a child has survived for so long in this manner.

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