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When a baby needs a heart replacement, where does the replacement come from?
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Another baby: Any transplant must approximate the size and physiology of the recipient. Infants cannot receive a heart too large & adults cannot receive a heart too small. When of if a donor heart becomes available it is often due to a sudden traumatic injury ( car crash, etc) where irreversible brain injury has occurred, just as with adults.
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