Woman with 2 artificial hearts

Woman with 2 artificial hearts

OSAKA, Japan - A woman in her 30s, only identified as Kaori (R), smiles as she leaves Osaka University Hospital in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, on May 18, 2010, after a successful operation to implant two artificial hearts while she awaits a heart transplant. Her surgeon Yoshiki Sawa (L) said the heart of the mother of two daughters had stopped functioning.

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