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US Teenager Lives 118 Days Without A Heart

An American teen-ager survived for nearly four months without a heart, kept alive by a custom-built artificial blood-pumping device, until she was able to have a heart transplant, doctors in Miami said on Wednesday.

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11.20.08 @9:26PM -0400

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US Teenager Lives 118 Days Without A Heart

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