Baby born with heart outside body goes home

25 January 2013 Last updated at 19:18 ET Help

A baby born with part of her heart beating outside her body has left hospital for the first time.

She underwent open-heart surgery shortly after her birth in Texas, and three months later she has finally gone home.

The BBC's Emily Thomas has more.

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