Artificial hearts
Mind map of advantages and disadvantages of using a artificial heart. Lots more examples than needed for exams !
- Created by: Katiewardyy
- Created on: 14-10-18 12:42
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- Artificial hearts
- Advantages
- Available for use when a donor isn’t available
- Improves quality of life
- Extends life span
- Don’t require tissue matching
- Body can’t reject the ‘organ’
- Disadvantages
- Risk of blood clotting
- Risk of infection from open wounds
- Expensive
- Discomfort from heart/battery/controller
- Requires surgery
- Require power supply
- Heart not as reliable - motor could fail
- Battery needs replacing
- Require immunosuppressants for rest of life
- Patient could forget to take them
- White blood cells start attacking it
- Patient could forget to take them
- Low success rate
- Long stays in hospital
- Advantages
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