This guy has heart!
Actually, he has two.
A man now has two hearts after undergoing a rare surgery called a heterotopic heart transplant in which doctors attached a second heart to the right side of his chest.
Dr. Michael Madani, associate professor of surgery and co-director of the UC San Diego Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center, explained the procedure in a statement:
“Even though Mr. Smith was facing death, he could not have a standard heart transplant. Removing the old heart and replacing it with a new heart would have caused the new heart to fail because resistance to flow in his lungs-called pulmonary hypertension-was so high. But together, the two hearts share the work and get the job done.”
Check out the crazzzy footage above to see what two beating hearts look like!
Guess it’s true what they say. Two hearts are better than one! Ha!