Quest: Repairing more hearts with implanted pumps

Courtesy Headlines from the Associated Press  Mon, 07/21/2008 - 13:16

WASHINGTON (AP) -- When it comes to hearts, Taneal Wilson won the lottery. A small pump implanted to keep the 31-year-old alive long enough for a heart transplant somehow helped Wilson's ravaged heart completely recover instead....

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