Comments on: My heart no longer beats http://futurismic.com/2009/09/30/my-heart-no-longer-beats/ Presenting the fact and fiction of tomorrow since 2001 Sat, 19 May 2012 23:03:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jack Deighton http://futurismic.com/2009/09/30/my-heart-no-longer-beats/comment-page-1/#comment-47843 Jack Deighton Sun, 04 Oct 2009 14:45:49 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=9162#comment-47843 What happens if she has an accident and is pronounced dead because she has no pulse??? (I know there will be other life-signs indicators but it just seemed to be a potentially difficult - perhaps even amusing in a macabre way - scenario.) What happens if she has an accident and is pronounced dead because she has no pulse???

(I know there will be other life-signs indicators but it just seemed to be a potentially difficult – perhaps even amusing in a macabre way – scenario.)

]]> By: Leadhyena http://futurismic.com/2009/09/30/my-heart-no-longer-beats/comment-page-1/#comment-47404 Leadhyena Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:36:34 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=9162#comment-47404 I'm not so sure this is the healthiest idea. I like the concept, but I wonder what will happen with the arteries in the long term. I mean, without a pulse there is no good way to shake plaque from the arterial walls. Won't this mean there's an increased chance of vascular diesase? I’m not so sure this is the healthiest idea. I like the concept, but I wonder what will happen with the arteries in the long term. I mean, without a pulse there is no good way to shake plaque from the arterial walls. Won’t this mean there’s an increased chance of vascular diesase?

]]> By: Chad http://futurismic.com/2009/09/30/my-heart-no-longer-beats/comment-page-1/#comment-47380 Chad Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:59:08 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=9162#comment-47380 I have no doubt people will be replacing healthy, but used, organs before they actually fail. The real question will be if the replacement is mechanical or stem cell grown replacement. I would lay money on the stem cell grown replacement. I have no doubt people will be replacing healthy, but used, organs before they actually fail. The real question will be if the replacement is mechanical or stem cell grown replacement. I would lay money on the stem cell grown replacement.

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