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Science: Stan Larkin Lived 555 Days With A Backpack Powered Artificial Heart (Video)

June 15, 2016

DUDE! It’s like he had a powered heart. A Tony Stark heart. Like Iron Man but without the ‘Arc Reactor’ part. But seriously, the bleak picture of a heart disease patient waiting for an organ – sickly, hospitalized 24-7 the whole duration of the wait – could be a thing of the past! Watch this medical miracle gone sensational viral video… and be amazed!

A 24-year-old man survived 555 days without a heart with the help from a portable artificial heart.

READ: MAN LIVES 555 DAYS WITHOUT A HEART (CNN)

– @ojones1

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