There are operations in which the patient is transplanted 2nd heart

American surgeons pereinachili famous saying about the fact that "one mind is good, but two is better" by applying it to the heart - one of the most important organs in the human body. When they were in the cardiology clinic in San Diego (UC San Diego's Thorton Hospital) entered a 36-year-old Tyson Smith (Tyson Smith), it became clear that it is in such poor condition that most likely will not survive transplant operations donor heart.

And then from Thorton Hospital doctors have come up with a compromise: the operation did take place, but Smith's own heart surgeons are left in place in the patient's chest. To help him put the donor heart, which also took over the main job of pumping blood.

"I can only say that every day more and more strength coming back to me," - said a happy patient who narrowly escaped death.

The "old" heart of Smith's now working with low load: it supplies blood saturated with oxygen, only a new heart, which, in turn, "chases" have blood throughout the body.

Have you ever seen as two hearts beating in his chest? View:



Source: www.health-ua.org

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