an 18-year-old dale baby made history when he became the first person in the world to receive a partial heart transplant. now at 20 years old, owen monroe is making history again, because the tissue used to fix his heart is growing along with his heart. at the time of his first operation, owen s heart was the size of a strawberry. today, it s about the size of an apricot. this type of growth was a long sought after goal for this type of repair. let s bring in meg terrel. walk us through this groundbreaking procedure. this is a great example of really good news. this baby, of course, was born with a genetic heart defect and he needed immediate care. the previous option would have been to use nonfunctioning
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