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Patient with total artificial heart leaves hospital

When Bob Phillips left the hospital for his Palmyra home this week, he did so without a human heart. The 74-year-old became the first person in Pennsylvania to go home with a total artificial heart and a portable driver to power it, giving him the freedom to wait at home for a human heart transplant. Learn more about his story from Bob and two of his physicians.

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