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> There's something like 6 one way valves that let your heart pump the blood out of your leg a little bit at a time. When they wear out, there's not enough pump
by Qem 1y ago
> There's something like 6 one way valves that let your heart pump the blood out of your leg a little bit at a time. When they wear out, there's not enough pumping action at times to replace the blood as often as necessary.
Shouldn't we be able to replace them with man-made ones as they fail, like already it's possible to do with heart valves[1]?
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_heart_valve https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_heart_valve
- Damogran6 1y agoQuite possibly. The procedure they performed on me is already in at least the 3rd major iteration. Originally they'd replace the vein with cadaver veins...then they used wires to...ahem...catch and rip out the old vein. They used a catheter on me using RF to ablate the vein so it would no longer flow blood. Recovery was quick. (Wear support stockings for a week, you can move around as normal the next day...don't run a marathon or lift weights.) It was _very_ low impact.