Description
Dr Kevin Fong finds out how close scientists are to being able to
mend your heart if it stops working. He meets some of the people who
have undergone pioneering heart operations and the scientists who are
pushing the limits of cardiac treatment.
We meet a man who has had
his heart replaced with an artificial one powered by a mechanical pump
he carries around in a rucksack, and witness a scientist bring a dead
animal heart back to life on a workbench.
Plus, the work of an American scientist who is using stem cells to turn what she calls a ghost heart - the scaffold of a heart - into a replacement heart for humans.
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How To Mend A Broken Heart, how, mend, broken, heart, dr, Kevin Fong, cardiac, treatment, health, replace, mechanical, pump, dead, animal, ghost, documentary, free, watch, online, download, movie, film, doc, BBC, Horizon, Sophie Robinson
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