On 15-6-2009 17:56, Invisible wrote:
>>>> No the heart is autonomous, will even beat outside the body for some 
>>>> time (hours) if oxygenated.
>>>
>>> Does anybody else find it slightly disturbing that andrel knows such 
>>> things?
>>>
>>> I mean, I know there's a good reason, but even so... kinda grusome.
>>
>> As you may be aware, it is my job. It comes with being in a 
>> experimental cardiology lab.
> 
> Indeed. But still... kinda freaky.
> 
>> BTW a beating heart is absolutely not gruesome, I would rather say 
>> beautiful. I'd be happy to show you if you happen to be in Amsterdam 
>> some time and an experiment is running. ;)
> 
> I once saw an operation on TV. They cut open a guy's chest, ripped his 
> ripcage apart, and inside was his heart. I swear, it honestly looked 
> like it was trying to CLIMB THE HELL OUT OF HIS BODY AND RUN AWAY!! O_O
> 
> *shivers*

Was that a dramatazation or an actual procedure?

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