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Teen survives 118 days with artificial pumps after heart removal
O Zhana Simmons, 14, spent more than four months with no heart in her chest while two ventricular assist devices circulated blood. Doctors at Holtz Children's Hospital in Miami removed her failing transplant, built artificial chambers, and kept her alive until a second transplant could be performed.
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Miami
D’zhana Simmons
O’zhana
Clinton
S.C
Holtz Children’s Hospital
Peter Wearden
Children’s Hospital of
Pittsburgh
Wearden