Australian man survives 100 days with artificial heart in world-first success
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I wonder if there'll ever be artificial heart that would last for decades, I imagine that would save lots of people.
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Did some fuckin’ Aussie heart surgeon just breeze into a Home Depot and saunter into the plumbing aisle in his board shorts and flips flops and just whip together a heart out of brass fittings and teflon tape???
“Oi! DANNY, YA FUCKIN’ BOGAN! I DONE DID YA UP A NEW RICKY TICKEY—ALL FUCKIN’ SHINEY AND CHROME!!! GRAB A CARPET KNIFE AND SOME DUNNY GLOVES—WE’ll GET THIS FUCKER INTO YOUR BLUDGER CHEST BEFORE YA SHEILA SAYS YA WERE CHUCKING A SICKIE!”
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Sounds like a Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD). Interestingly enough, with the older implants there is no detectable heartbeat under a stethoscope due to the way the pump functions. Pretty surprising when you're expecting to find one, and has led to it being unoficially dubbed VLAD in reference to the creatures of the night.
This rejogs a partial memory. I do recall he said he no longer has a heart beat. He told me his heart was pronounced dead part or the whole thing I am unsure. I gave a decent story and better description below in another comment.
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Sounds like a Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD)! They’re still being used today, although usually as a bridge to transplant rather than definitive therapy.
This new development is definitely exciting though, hopefully it will offer a new longer term alternative for patients
I don't recall him ever having a transplant done but again as I said below in the long story you might find interesting. I haven't heard from him in years. It was certainly wild to think about and to realize he has no heartbeat anymore. I'll ask a family member what ever come of him. Hopefully all is well with him. Who knows.
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Did some fuckin’ Aussie heart surgeon just breeze into a Home Depot and saunter into the plumbing aisle in his board shorts and flips flops and just whip together a heart out of brass fittings and teflon tape???
“Oi! DANNY, YA FUCKIN’ BOGAN! I DONE DID YA UP A NEW RICKY TICKEY—ALL FUCKIN’ SHINEY AND CHROME!!! GRAB A CARPET KNIFE AND SOME DUNNY GLOVES—WE’ll GET THIS FUCKER INTO YOUR BLUDGER CHEST BEFORE YA SHEILA SAYS YA WERE CHUCKING A SICKIE!”
It'd be a Bunnings down here not home depot, but it sure looks like it
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Did some fuckin’ Aussie heart surgeon just breeze into a Home Depot and saunter into the plumbing aisle in his board shorts and flips flops and just whip together a heart out of brass fittings and teflon tape???
“Oi! DANNY, YA FUCKIN’ BOGAN! I DONE DID YA UP A NEW RICKY TICKEY—ALL FUCKIN’ SHINEY AND CHROME!!! GRAB A CARPET KNIFE AND SOME DUNNY GLOVES—WE’ll GET THIS FUCKER INTO YOUR BLUDGER CHEST BEFORE YA SHEILA SAYS YA WERE CHUCKING A SICKIE!”
SHINY AND CHROME
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That's fuckin' nuts.
Also, this headline is bad. I thought he died. No. He just got a transplant after 100 days (whew).
it would be so fucking cool if he still had it but it really is uncharted territory
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SHINY AND CHROME
The surgeon yelled
WITNESS!!
And thrust the heart into their chest.
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The surgeon yelled
WITNESS!!
And thrust the heart into their chest.
WITNESS!!!
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Did some fuckin’ Aussie heart surgeon just breeze into a Home Depot and saunter into the plumbing aisle in his board shorts and flips flops and just whip together a heart out of brass fittings and teflon tape???
“Oi! DANNY, YA FUCKIN’ BOGAN! I DONE DID YA UP A NEW RICKY TICKEY—ALL FUCKIN’ SHINEY AND CHROME!!! GRAB A CARPET KNIFE AND SOME DUNNY GLOVES—WE’ll GET THIS FUCKER INTO YOUR BLUDGER CHEST BEFORE YA SHEILA SAYS YA WERE CHUCKING A SICKIE!”
Function over form, I suppose. I am pretty sure it's mostly made of titanium and silicone.
It does seems like that sometimes tho, that surgeons are the mechanics of the human body, fixing you up in the most crude ways, as long as it gets the job done.
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I wonder if his mates will forever call him “Tin Man”.
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Function over form, I suppose. I am pretty sure it's mostly made of titanium and silicone.
It does seems like that sometimes tho, that surgeons are the mechanics of the human body, fixing you up in the most crude ways, as long as it gets the job done.
That's the reason a friend of mine once said that surgeons are the only Doctor meds he has respect for.
Also, what do you mean form follows function? It looks like a fricking mini turbo charger
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Function over form, I suppose. I am pretty sure it's mostly made of titanium and silicone.
It does seems like that sometimes tho, that surgeons are the mechanics of the human body, fixing you up in the most crude ways, as long as it gets the job done.
Friend of mine who'd been in the room for bone surgeries said it was basically just carpentry. All saws, drills & screws.
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I wonder if his mates will forever call him “Tin Man”.
I am titaneeeuum!
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Not to belittle this accomplishment, but how is this a "World's First" success?
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Not to belittle this accomplishment, but how is this a "World's First" success?
it was first invented by Tigger, too!
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Not to belittle this accomplishment, but how is this a "World's First" success?
Likely the length of time is what's first.
Edit: nope several people have had them for over 100 days
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Now time to make it look like some DeusEx heart
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Apparently you can live with a BiVACOR TAH for around 10 years without replacement due to the Maglev system inside it.
Gosh it feels like cyberpunk 2077 is just a few years away, we just need more corporate built cities.
