TED-Ed

How does heart transplant surgery work? - Roni Shanoada

2022 • E41    May 24, 2022    5m
Dig into the science of how heart transplants happen, how donors are matched and find out how this complex surgery saves lives.

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Your heart beats more than 100,000 times a day. In just a minute, it pumps over five liters of blood throughout your body. But unlike skin and bones, the heart has a limited ability to repair itself. So if this organ is severely damaged, there’s often only one medical solution: replacing it. Roni Shanoada explores how this complex and intricate procedure works.

Lesson by Roni Shanoada, directed by Alexia Roider, Zedem Media.

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