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Electronic Heart Episode 3

Hard Call by HardCall

Aug 9, 201700:34:22Science & Medicine

Max wants to terminate his treatment and have his LVAD turned off, but stopping the LVAD means he would die almost immediately. His doctor is morally opposed to stopping the device, or even to finding another doctor to d...

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