O R G A N TRANSPLANTS
when hearts are beyond repair The Berlin EXCOR device is the only one currently approved by the FDA for use in children. (top) In June 2012, Zion Coleman, 10, became the first child with sickle cell disease to receive a heart transplant at Cincinnati Children’s. His sister Zhania, 7, received her heart transplant six weeks later. Both had advanced cases of cardiomyopathy.
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