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Re:25-Year-Old Lived for More Than a Year Without a Heart by Gys on Thursday July 15, 2021 @08:13AM (#27843827)
[inside his body]
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Re:25-Year-Old Lived for More Than a Year Without a Heart by tgv on Thursday July 15, 2021 @09:11AM (#27844249)
I agree the title is too spectacular, or clickbaity, but technically speaking, he didn't have a heart. That 6kg backpack thingamajig is just not a heart. It's like calling a wheelchair legs.

Amazing thing, though.

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Re:25-Year-Old Lived for More Than a Year Without a Heart by meepmorp on Thursday July 15, 2021 @10:45AM (#27845362)
Also, it was in his body. The backpack just powers the implanted pump.
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