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Piggy-back heart removal a success

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When Hannah Clark was just a toddler surgeons had to implant a second heart in her because her own heart was too weak to keep her alive.

Now she's had her "piggy-back" heart removed and can rely on her own heart once again. She says the treatment has transformed her life.

Sophie Hutchinson reports.

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