This is a heart
transplant. No wonder they need a new heart; Look at how fatty this heart is.
The yellow around the organ is the fat, and this heart is just covered in it. This
procedure isn’t too uncommon, but it’s a very risky one.
First the doctor has to cut in to
get to the heart. He cuts through the skin, tissue, and lots of fat, and
finally gets to the chest cavity. The beating heart is openly visible.
When it’s time to remove the heart,
the doctor has to be careful not to cut anything he shouldn’t (obviously). When
he cuts the tissue that connects the heart ventricles to the body, he has to
make sure they stay in tact so that the new heart ventricles can be connected.
The new heart is placed in the chest
cavity. The doctor has to carefully reconnect all the ventricles of the new
heart to where they connected to the body on the old heart. He has to make sure
he doesn’t suture the arteries shut in the process.
Fun fact for you: In the video,
you’ll notice that when the doctor is opening the old heart, you’ll notice that
there are little strings inside the heart. When something tragic happens to
you, they say you’re heart can break. That is true. After an upsetting event,
those heart strings can literally break. People can die from a broken heart.
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