Czech Man Becomes First Person To Live Without A Pulse For Six Months...
A 37-year-old Czech fireman is remarkably able to live “like a healthy man,” thanks to a procedure which removed his heart and replaced it with mechanical months six month ago.
Jakub Halik does not have a pulse anymore, as he became the second man to undergo this surgery, the first being a Texas man, who died a month after the surgery last year.
Halik is confined to a wheelchair and still lives in the hospital, but he couldn’t be more grateful to be alive.
Halik had an aggressive tumor growing in his heart, and therefore couldn’t undergo a standard transplant, as the drugs required cannot be taken by cancer patients.
So, on April 3 this year his heart was removed in an eight-hour operation led by Czech cardiologist Jan Pirk.
In its place, surgeons inserted two modified Heartmate 2 pumps, manufactured by US company Thoratec Corp.
Rest of the article here: http://elitedaily.com/elite/2012/czech-man-person-live-pulse-months-artificial-heart/
A 37-year-old Czech fireman is remarkably able to live “like a healthy man,” thanks to a procedure which removed his heart and replaced it with mechanical months six month ago.
Jakub Halik does not have a pulse anymore, as he became the second man to undergo this surgery, the first being a Texas man, who died a month after the surgery last year.
Halik is confined to a wheelchair and still lives in the hospital, but he couldn’t be more grateful to be alive.
Halik had an aggressive tumor growing in his heart, and therefore couldn’t undergo a standard transplant, as the drugs required cannot be taken by cancer patients.
So, on April 3 this year his heart was removed in an eight-hour operation led by Czech cardiologist Jan Pirk.
In its place, surgeons inserted two modified Heartmate 2 pumps, manufactured by US company Thoratec Corp.
Rest of the article here: http://elitedaily.com/elite/2012/czech-man-person-live-pulse-months-artificial-heart/
