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I really feel for those that receive these implants and live with it for a few days more. The first such implant receiver lived for 3 months only. The next one

• wetpaws 5y ago
  >Personally I would have preferred to die You do, someone else would not. I don't see any issues with this, it's not a zero sum game.
• Majestic121 5y ago
  I have trouble understanding your point of view. Implanting an artificial heart is, like most surgical operations, a risky endeavor, especially for the first persons who are taking the most risks (and also helping the most to develop our knowledge). The people choosing to have a new heart implanted do so with full knowledge of the risks, and potential reward (more time alive, helping to develop a new life saving technology/procedure, etc...). If I get a serious disease that requires me to have a dangerous operation, I would love to have the choice to do so, instead of having to endure the disease with no choice. I understand 'feeling' for people that have cardiac issues, but I cannot understand 'feeling' specifically for people that have cardiac issues and choose to undergo a risky and potentially saving surgery.
• bserge 5y ago
  I'd live 3 months just to be a cyborg, that's pretty cool. Maybe overdrive the thing and see if I can be harder, better, faster, stronger. Sadly, all of that would likely be painful, so it's just a daydream.
• iancmceachern 5y ago
  There are people with Heartmate II's (LVADS not artificial hearts, so a bit different) that have lived 10+ years on the devices, with a very high quality of life. That's worth it in my view.