My Battery Heart's a Record-Breaker ; Five Year Survival Brings Hope to Thousandsgood Health
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WHEN Peter Houghton was given a mechanical heart, doctors thought it would add just a few more months to his life.
But five years later, he is still in robust health and has become the longest-surviving mechanical heart patient in the world.See the full content of this document
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My Battery Heart's a Record-Breaker ; Five Year Survival Brings Hope to Thousandsgood Health
His doctors believe he is a walking advert for a tiny device, the size of a thumb tip, that could one day save thousands of lives.
Peter was diagnosed with chronic heart failure in 2000, at the age of 61, after an attack of flu a...See the full content of this document
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