A 6-year-old Houston girl at Texas Children's Hospital on Friday became the first patient in the world to receive a DeBakey child heart pump. Ann Grudziecke was recovering Friday night after receiving ...

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Thoratec Corp. of Pleasanton warned consumers late Tuesday that four patients, including two who improperly used the company's popular heart pump device, had died. The users had experienced problems ...