Some people waiting for a new heart or who aren’t candidates for heart transplant get something called an LVAD (left ventricular assist device). The device is implanted in their heart and they carry the control system and batteries around with them in a backpack and it pushes the blood through their body! You can live for a decade or more with this thing!
These people don’t have a pulse because the flow is continuous. It’s a little unsettling when you try to feel for one.
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Some people waiting for a new heart or who aren’t candidates for heart transplant get something called an LVAD (left ventricular assist device). The device is implanted in their heart and they carry the control system and batteries around with them in a backpack and it pushes the blood through their body! You can live for a decade or more with this thing!
These people don’t have a pulse because the flow is continuous. It’s a little unsettling when you try to feel for one.