Or so I found from case law in my blief stint in law schoolk. That means any obvious typos should be read as if the words were spelled correctly.
I'm thinking that if arteries and veins could be translated to a temporary pump through the food canal into the area of the heart, operating using the exploratory probes normally used and remote scissors and needles [think articulated tweezers] then no open heart surgery is needed. A surgeon and nurse should weigh the cost-benefits of each procedure. The heart itself is a son of a bitch. Taking it out and replacing it requires lots of therapy and open heart surgery, and has a likelihood of cellular rejection. If the hydraulic pump could be made small enough then you could leave the heart intact and let it atrophy, but that sounds like a hack. The pump, or parts of it would also have to be small enough to slide through the food canal into the target area, and again there would be a likelihood of cellular rejection. I was thinking of inserting the pump itself into the heart, and using the signals to the heart and the heart contraction itself as the on-off mechanism, or actually ON-off, on-off. Again, one would have to divert blood flow, then stop the heart, insert the new pump and wire everything back together again, and restart the heart and pump. And there's a time factor involved. I can see why they merely open you up and replace the whole thing, though I don't understand why they don't use a fishtank hydraulic pump design and the on and off buttons. I once had a benign tumor under my skin, two actually, that had a leathery membrane interface or sheath between the tumor and the surrounding tissue. These were removed by med students, cost me like $120 dollars each. Maybe one of these membranes could be induced to grow around pump parts externally, from the cells of the animal itself. And if placed inside the weak heart, no need to scrap a still useful part. I don't think the problem is all that tough, actually; a little Mister Roger's cooperation is all that it might take, though he's so hot I'd be afraid to approach him. Can cart my babies around anytime though.
