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Usually these artificial hearts are to keep a person alive long enough for a donor to become available. Not a problem if they have to lug a battery around for a
by foxyv 7y ago
Usually these artificial hearts are to keep a person alive long enough for a donor to become available. Not a problem if they have to lug a battery around for a few months since it's not permanent.
- 49para 7y agoSeems like a lot of trauma to have multiple open heart surgeries. Seems like something like a portable ECMO (not sure if that exists) would be less invasive (ECMO is for oxigination which probably would be overkill in this situation)
- rscho 7y agoNo, ECMO is a big machine. And is extremely invasive.
- 420codebro 7y agoECMO is an order of magnitude more complex than a temporary artificial heart. ECMO is typically used where multiple organs are not performing - and if that is happening long term you aren’t gonna live.