Kentucky Governor Paul Patton, right, meets with the world's first recipient of the AbioCor Implantable Replacement Heart, Robert Tools, left, during a visit to Jewish Hospital, Louisville, Ky., Sept. 25. Rob Dowling, M.D., center, along with Laman Gray, M.D., were the University of Louisville surgeons that performed the landmark procedure on July 2.

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