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> if your heart is needing transplantation in the first place, you'll be running far below optimal for blood O2 and a dozen other things. that's not obvious on
by fragmede 5mo ago
> if your heart is needing transplantation in the first place, you'll be running far below optimal for blood O2 and a dozen other things.
that's not obvious on the face of it from a mechanical standpoint. I'd you're sick enough to need one, wouldn't we just give you a mechanical temporary replacement, and keep that one going as high as possible instead as low as possible?
- Earw0rm 5mo agoBy the time you're that sick, you've likely had years of compromised health. That's going to affect personality to some extent.
- rcxdude 5mo agoAFAIK mechanical hearts can be prone to creating blood clots and can put more stress on other parts of the body, so it's not necessarily the safest option to just run it flat out.