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ABC Houston

Teen Who Had Artificial Heart
Learning to Live with
New Heart Transplant

Texas Children’s Hospital

Jan. 9, 2012 - He's starting the new year with a new heart. We've been following the story of Houston teenager Jordan Merecka since last summer. He's one of the first teens in the country to survive with an artificial heart. Now he's beginning his new life with a new human heart.

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*The Freedom® portable driver is CE approved for use in Europe and undergoing an FDA-approved Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) clinical study in the U.S.

CAUTION – The Freedom driver is an investigational device, limited by United States law to investigational use.


*The SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart was formerly known as the
SynCardia temporary CardioWest™ Total Artificial Heart.