Dude without a heart...

[Cuda1447]

Science is amazing. There is no doubt in my mind, one day, eventually, we will have the technology to prolong life indefinitely.


http://www.todsup.com/the-world’s-first-heartless-alive-man/

 

[NikolaeVarius]

There is only one thing in the world that has no pulse and yet lives.

And that is a zombie.

 

[JTsyo]

There is only one thing in the world that has no pulse and yet lives.

And that is a zombie.

heard a guy had a rotary pump for a heart and so had no pulse. Wore a bracelet to let others know in case of an emergency that it was normal for him not to have a pulse.

EDIT: guess this is the same story but in the first case they didn't take the heart out.

 

[Analog]

 

[polarmystery]

How does the device know to increase blood flow when exerting yourself?

 

[takeru]

most likely he must be careful not to over exert himself on anything that may normally raise a heart rate. i don't think it's smart enough to compensate for anything like that yet.

 

[CurseTheSky]

How does the device know to increase blood flow when exerting yourself?

I would imagine that there are severe limitations, like not being able to do any strenuous activity (even sitting up too fast or climbing too many stairs might be too much), but as a trade-off for getting another shot at life in general, that doesn't sound so bad to me.

 

[thebestMAX]

Jon-Luc Picard !!!

 

[IceBergSLiM]

wow...how long until they replace blood with something better

 

[JTsyo]

how do you recharge the batteries, I wonder. Wonder if they've tried inductive charging.

 

[SandEagle]

science never ceases to amaze me! Praise the Lord!!!!

 

[ViviTheMage]

I hope I am alive to get some of this cool tech in me to live forever.

 

[polarmystery]

science never ceases to amaze me! Praise the Lord!!!!

 

[T_Yamamoto]

Lol

 

[mattpegher]

Looking at the chest Xray, it does not appear that they removed the heart but placed the device within the heart. His amyloidosis has rendered his heart immobile so its more scar tissue than living myocardium, but the soft tissue shadow on the CXR suggests that this tissue is still there.

 

[JTsyo]

Science is amazing. There is no doubt in my mind, one day, eventually, we will have the technology to prolong life indefinitely.


http://www.todsup.com/the-world’s-first-heartless-alive-man/

I'll throw this in here to go along with that sentiment. Fracture putty heals bone fractures faster.

 

[darkewaffle]

"The World’s First Heartless Alive Man"

I can't help but feel like there's better ways to say that.

 

[busydude]

Looking at the chest Xray, it does not appear that they removed the heart but placed the device within the heart. His amyloidosis has rendered his heart immobile so its more scar tissue than living myocardium, but the soft tissue shadow on the CXR suggests that this tissue is still there.

I know you are a physician, but I do see the muscle.

 

[SViper]

Eat your heart out technology naysayers.

 

[WelshBloke]

wow...how long until they replace blood with something better

I like to replace mine with beer on a regular basis.

 

[the DRIZZLE]

How does the device know to increase blood flow when exerting yourself?

I would think they could rig it up with basic sensors based on blood oxygen level and blood pressure.

 

[mattpegher]

I know you are a physician, but I do see the muscle.

Sorry, you do or don't see the muscle. The shadow esp lateral to the left device is about 2-4 cm wide, this suggests that some tissue remains in place, it appears solid not fluid density so I think it is remnants of heart muscle. The device appears to cross the mitral and tricuspid valves so they mostlikely were removed. I suspect that also the sinus and av nodes were ablated to prevent any contractions. With these proceedures it would mostlikely not be necessary to remove the actual myocardium.

 

[zinfamous]

wow...how long until they replace blood with something better

 

[busydude]

Sorry, you do or don't see the muscle.

I meant don't.

 

[Brovane]

Well the device gave the guy 5-weeks more of life.