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A 16-year-old girl in severe multi-organ system and heart failure is the first in Florida to receive the SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart, the only approved mechanical device that eliminates the symptoms and source of heart failure.
University of Florida Health surgeons implanted the device in early June in an effort to stabilize Sanford, Fla., teenager Nalexia “Lexi” Henderson so she would be healthy enough to survive transplant when a donor heart becomes available
