Interview: Dr. Robert Dowling discusses the artificial heart implanted in a patient this week

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Interview: Dr. Robert Dowling discusses the artificial heart implanted in a patient this week

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This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Susan Stamberg.

Coming up, reporting the birth of a global epidemic. But first, this week doctors in Louisville, Kentucky, performed the world's first artificial heart implant using a device that is totally contained in the body. That means that, unlike former artificial heart implant recipients--Barney Clark, Bill Schroeder--this patient won't need to depend on a bulky ...

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