Calif. Boy Breaks Artificial Heart Record (AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060214/ap_on_he_me/boy_s_new_heart"><img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20060213/capt.fx10402131915.boys_new_heart_fx104.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=VON73rmcqD0yOtgZZjHWQA--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="This June 2005, photo provided by Lucile Packard Children's Hospital shows a surgeon installing the Berlin Heart pump on Jason Zhao, 5, at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital in Stanford, Calif. Jason Zhao received a heart transplant Monday, Feb. 6, 2006. He was living with the Berlin Heart mechanical external pump since June, 2005. The device kept him alive for 234 days longer than any other child in North America. (AP Photo/Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Todd Kleinheinz)" border="0" /></a>AP - A 6-year-old Vacaville boy received a new heart after relying on an artificial heart for nearly eight months, longer than any child in North America, according to hospital.</p><br clear=all>