Paediatric heart transplant surgery. This close- up shows the tiny defective heart,the size of a walnut,held next to the transplanted heart. The patient,a 6 week old boy,was suffering from a life-threatening congenital heart defect. Throughout the operation,the functions of the heart & lungs were taken over by a machine,& his body temperature cooled to 15 degrees C. The defective heart was replaced with a donor organ; connections to blood vessels were made using sutures 1/3 the width of a human hair. With the heart in place,body temperature was gradually restored to normal and the new heart induced to beat | |
Lizenzart: | Lizenzpflichtig |
Credit: | Science Photo Library / Tsiaras, Alexander |
Bildgröße: | 3650 px × 2480 px |
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