On 15-6-2009 19:26, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>>> 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?
> 
> It was meant to be the real thing. Apparently there was something or 
> other wrong with this guy's heart, so they were going to rip it out and 
> stick a new one in. (I wasn't really paying attention.) The new heart 
> looked rather limp and pale. But the still-beating one looked evil! (And 
> several sizes too big for the chest cavity, BTW...)

I think I would not use 'rip' and 'stick' to describe the procedure. 
That the heart to be explanted is big and ugly is to be expected. The 
ones I see are all failing hearts and these are huge, and if the patient 
is older they are yellow with fat. Yes, I do sometimes see them. Guess 
what we are doing with them...

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