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If removed from the body, the heart will cease to function unless it is kept perfused, i.e. unless blood is continually pumped through it by mechanical means. In some open heart surgery, surgeons must stop the heart and re-start it by electrical cardio-conversion.
The heart doesn't "keep time" like a clock. In fact, when the heart stops or deliberately is stopped during open heart surgery, it's not uncommon to see a very irregular heart beat pattern when the heart is first re-started (example, a "run" of bradycardia, slow heart rate, or a run of tachycardia, a fast heart rate).
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Can a person survive for a time on life support if the heart has been removed for organ donation?
As long as a machine is pumping blood throughout the body I don't see why not.
What causes a congestive heart failure?
Heart failure often develops after other conditions have damaged or weakened your heart. Over time, the heart can no longer keep up with the normal demands placed on it to pump blood to the rest of your body.
Why does the heart beat all the time?
The body needs oxygen and nutrients all the time, and needs to be constantly rid of the wastes it produces. Since the blood does all this, the heart beats all the time to keep the blood moving and, therefore, performing its functions.
How does physical activity affect the heart?
It works the heart by increasing the beats thus making it stronger over time.
Are stents removed from body after a period of time?
Stents are typically not removed from the body after they are placed. In the case of vascular stents, they are designed to remain permanently in the artery to keep it open. However, some temporary stents, like those used in certain urinary or gastrointestinal procedures, may be removed after a designated period. The decision on whether to remove a stent depends on its type and the specific medical circumstances.
What causes CHF?
Heart failure often develops after other conditions have damaged or weakened your heart. Over time, the heart can no longer keep up with the normal demands placed on it to pump blood to the rest of your body.
How is alcohol detoxified in the body?
Alcohol is only removed or detoxified from the body by time. About one ounce of alcohol takes about one hour to be removed from the body.
How does heart burn afffect the body?
it can destroy your esophagus over time
Why does the heart fail when the body is starving?
because there isn't enough fuel to keep it pumping, your body needs energy to do everything it does. if you stopped eating you would be missing out on vital carbohydrates, causing a loss of energy. by the time your heart fails from starvation you would probably not be able to walk more than a few steps.
Each time the heart beats what does it do to blood-?
It simply keeps it circulating throughout the body. Your heart is the one muscle that works all the time and keeps you alive. Your mind and your heart basically depend on each other. The mind tells the heart when to beat, and the heart pumps oxygen-rich blood to the mind. But really all the heart does is allow blood circulation through your body. Best to eat healthy to avoid disturbances in its work, which are usually lethal. (Life threatening.)
How do sports keep you in shape all the time?
By running, activity and keeping your heart healthy.
Explain how the heart and the pulse beat at the same time?
because the heart pumps the blood around the body and the pulse there is blood and the blood comes from the heart so heart controls the body second after the brain,let me explain it in this waay in the pulse there is bloood and the blood makes the bump and weher does the blood come from the heart that is a why they pump together and you breath at the same time
