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Rachel Tompkins & Keiran Fleming

Glasgow woman who survived pig heart valve transplant hopes for 'healthy life' after finding human donor

A Glasgow woman, who had her heart mended by surgeons with a pig and cow valve transplant, hopes she will have a healthy life after finding a human donor.

Robyn Cairney's fight began back in 2009 when she received the diagnosis of a congenital heart defect, reports the Daily Record.

She was just 18 when she underwent four hours of open heart surgery to replace the narrowing aortic valve with a pig’s.

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