People on LVADs usually fare much better in transplant surgery (Reply #6)

In the discussion thread: Man lives 555 days without a heart [View all]

Response to IronLionZion (Original post)

Fri Jun 10, 2016, 11:09 PM

Warpy (109,053 posts)

6. People on LVADs usually fare much better in transplant surgery

because the device perfuses all the other organs much better than a failing heart would. They go into surgery with lungs, kidneys, brain, liver, and other systems in tiptop condition.

It just seems weird that they'd remove his heart completely to insert the device.

I think people alive today will see the end of transplant surgery, either new organs regrown from donor cells or implanted devices with long lasting battery packs eliminating the need altogether.

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19 replies	Author	Time	Post
Man lives 555 days without a heart [View all]	IronLionZion	Jun 2016	OP
I thought this was going to be about Mitch McConnell.	The Velveteen Ocelot	Jun 2016	#1
You are invited to remove yourself from my head	Stinky The Clown	Jun 2016	#3
GMTA, they say...	The Velveteen Ocelot	Jun 2016	#4
haha, yes	TwilightZone	Jun 2016	#5
Or Drumpf or Ryan, or any of them really	IronLionZion	Jun 2016	#7
Took the words right out of my mouth! n/t	Aerows	Jun 2016	#17
This message was self-deleted by its author	metroins	Jun 2016	#2
People on LVADs usually fare much better in transplant surgery	Warpy	Jun 2016	#6
Years ago, I remember reading an article about how surprised doctors were at how healthy...	Hassin Bin Sober	Jun 2016	#9
People in failure and looking at transplant down the road	Warpy	Jun 2016	#10
this guys gone 75 years without one....	spanone	Jun 2016	#8
I have to admit that was my	BlueMTexpat	Jun 2016	#15
Cockroaches can stay alive for a week w no head.	Voice for Peace	Jun 2016	#11
See post #8	Fumesucker	Jun 2016	#12
If you open the refrigerator to look at their heads	Voice for Peace	Jun 2016	#13
I think in his case they used a liquid helium pump as a replacement	Fumesucker	Jun 2016	#14
Oh my god that comment should come with a trigger warning.	Aerows	Jun 2016	#18
Coal-fired, not battery. nt	eppur_se_muova	Jun 2016	#19
The guy played pick-up basketball games with the AH!	arendt	Jun 2016	#16

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