If you have a stroke or stop breathing does it keep beating even if the rest of you is gone?

  • Skullgrid@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    Depends on how it’s meant to work. If it amplifies the actual heart’s movement, it might not do much. They usually have a power supply, which will make it keep doing what it does.

    So, if it’s a 100% artificial heart, it will do what it does. If it’s there to force the heart to beat without the heart’s natural movements, it will keep force it to beat the same as before, same as if you pass electricity through any muscle.