He Is The Worlds First HEARTLESS Man

Dr. Billy Cohn and Dr. Bud Frazier, from the Texas Heart Institute, saved Craig Lewis, 55, from dying of amyloidosis a life threatening heart condition that fills internal organs with a viscous protein that causes rapid heart beat and kidney and liver failure. When even a pacemaker failed to save his life and he just had 12 hours to live, the two doctors removed Lewis heart and installed a continuous flow device that allowed blood to circulate his body without a pulse!

The doctors first tested the device on nearly 70 calves. They removed the animals hearts and by the next day, the calves were doing everything they were the day before eating, sleeping, and moving but this time, without a heart pumping blood through their bodies.

After the 48-hour long surgery, Lewis wife was astonished when she tried to listen to his pulse. ?I listened and it was a hum, which was amazing. He didnt have a pulse, she told NPR. His kidneys and liver, however, failed him and after a few months his family asked the doctors to unplug the device.

Dr. Cohn and Dr. Frazier proved that life is possible without a pulse or a heartbeat. ?Heart Stop Beating is the story of these two doctors and the process they had to go through to replace Lewis dying heart with a continuous flow device.

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