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6 year-old girl who has had three hearts

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At 6, Amy Ferguson is already on her third heart. She suffered rare condition when she was two. That's how she lost her first heart. But the body rejected the replacement, conducting to a 2nd transplant. Numerous times she demonstrated doctors wrong as they pronounced they didn't anticipate her to live. Read the full story on DailyMail

Artificial Heart Breakthrough

Heart conditions takes more life in United States than anything else. For every one of the 3100 people with coronary failure presently waiting for an organ transplant every minute is precious. Dr. Jennifer Ashton introduces in this video a man who's on a organ transplant list, but he's found his freedom by carrying around a remarkable new device. The device costs around $125.000 and the maintenance for it it's about $18.000 per year. It is speculated that someday this new heart device will replace heart transplant - as it will evolve to a smaller model. The key is to better treat the heart failure patients before they will get sick enough to require this new medical device.