Dr Kevin Fong finds out how close scientists are to being able to mend your heart if it stops working. He meets some of the people who have undergone pioneering heart operations and the scientists who are pushing the limits of cardiac treatment.
We meet a man who has had his heart replaced with an artificial one powered by a mechanical pump he carries around in a rucksack, and witness a scientist bring a dead animal heart back to life on a workbench.
Plus, the work of an American scientist who is using stem cells to turn what she calls a 'ghost heart' - the scaffold of a heart - into a replacement heart for humans.
看完所有感想就在最后主角的一句总结,好刺激啊。医学生看特别有动力。
外婆冠心病,我来自我扫盲的,看着跳动的心脏,我总不自觉按着自己的胸口,感受生命,我会好好爱护它,早睡早起好饮食,还有处变不惊的淡定心境。
心臟是多麼奇妙而令人對其敬畏。
分了三部分,第一部分讲的是机械替代,人的心脏是一个极为复杂的器官,它不仅是一个发动机,它还有应激,激素等等,因此机械替代只能是一个过渡,而非完美治愈心脏病的方法,第二部分是辅助治疗技术,或者是影响技术,或者是模型计算,这些的意义在于我们要更系统的了解心脏,最后是干细胞。