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If someone grows up with serious health problems, is it enough to treat the obvious? Show summary
A young man had received many surgeries for congenital heart disease. When one side of his heart began to fail, the patient was referred to a specialist who arranged a successful heart transplant. Upon recovery, the patient attempted to commit suicide: he was unable to cope with the shock of being healed. Having been treated all his life, he didn't know how to live without treatment.

Background information

What is congenital heart disease? (congenital heart defects)
Should we change the way we manage post-transplant medications? (heart transplant)
Who decides which patients will receive a heart transplant? (heart transplant)