Wednesday, September 19, 2012

And on that note...


"There are these people with an LVAD in them. No heartbeat, no blood pressure. You listen to their chest and you don’t hear ba-bump ba-bump, you hear whhrrrrrr." ~Pharmacology Professor 

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Pharmacology professor should stick to pharmacology.

A) it's a Left Ventricular ASSIST Device, not replace device. they do have a heart beat, but the heart is not strong enough to sustain them on its own.

B) people without a decent blood pressure are dead people, LVAD or not. The whole damn point of an LVAD is to generate enough blood pressure to maintain life.