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disa [49]
3 years ago
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Why is the heart/lung machine necessary when performing heart transplant surgery?

Biology
1 answer:
Stella [2.4K]3 years ago
7 0

The heart/lung machine is necessary when performing heart transplant surgery because during surgery, the actual heart is stopped so the heart/lung machine acts as a substitute heart that supplies oxygen and pumps blood to the body until the actual heart start functioning.






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