ARTIFICIAL HEART, DRAWING
RMID:Image ID:FYCFBW
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Contributor:
BSIP SA / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
FYCFBWFile size:
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2976 x 5953 px | 25.2 x 50.4 cm | 9.9 x 19.8 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
2 April 2016Location:
FrancePhotographer:
JACOPIN / BSIPMore information:
Illustration of a new total artificial heart. It replaces the two heart ventricles linked to the two original auricles. These ventricles are filled with a hydraulic fluid pumped by two mechanical valves, which recreates the normal working of the ventricles. The right ventricle pumps CO2-filled blood towards the lungs in order to oxygenate the blood, the left ventricle pumps oxygen-rich blood through the body. The prosthesis in the thorax is linked to two batteries outside the body by a tube that exits in the patientÆs abdomen.