捷克“无心”男子近日死亡
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A Czech father of one who survived for more than six months without a real heart has died at the age of 37.

捷克一位有一个孩子的、没有真实心脏却生活了六个多月的父亲近日死亡,终年37岁。
Jakub Halik's heart was replaced with two mechanical pumps in April 2012
Jakub Halik's heart was replaced with two mechanical pumps in April 2012
 
Jakub Halik had his heart replaced with two mechanical pumps in pioneering surgery last April after an aggressive cancerous tumour1 was found.
 
Doctors say his death was caused by liver failure, and not the artificial heart itself.
 
Mr Halik, a former firefighter, was waiting on the transplant list for a suitable donor2 when he died.
 
Despite not having a pulse and always having to carry a battery pack to power his mechanical heart, Mr Halik was able to walk around and even use the hospital gym.
 
He was not able to accept a donor heart earlier because the cancer meant he would not be able to take the drugs he would need for a successful organ transplant.
 
The radical3 surgery had only ever been tried on one other patient, a man in Texas, who survived for just a week.

'Healthy man'
 
Mr Halik's operation was carried out by Jan Pirk, director of cardiology(心脏病学) at the Institute of Clinical and Experimental Medicine in Prague.
 
His team used two plastic pumps, each designed to perform the separate tasks of the left and right sides of the heart.
 
Speaking at a press conference in August more than four months after the surgery, Mr Halik said he felt "very good physically4", and said he had made the right choice to proceed with the operation. 
 
"It was hard for me but I didn't have any other chance at all," he told reporters. "It was acknowledged that with the tumour I can survive for about one year and I decided5 to fight and do it this way."
 
He said the experience of living without a heart had not been difficult.
 
"I don't even realise it, because the functions of the body are the same, only my heart is not beating and I have no pulse anymore," Mr Halik said. "Otherwise I am functioning like a healthy man at present."
 
Doctors said it is unclear how Mr Halik's liver failed. They are awaiting the outcome of a post-mortem examination.


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1 tumour tumour     
n.(tumor)(肿)瘤,肿块
参考例句:
  • The surgeons operated on her for a tumour.外科医生为她施行了肿瘤切除手术。
  • The tumour constricts the nerves.肿瘤压迫神经。
2 donor dstxI     
n.捐献者;赠送人;(组织、器官等的)供体
参考例句:
  • In these cases,the recipient usually takes care of the donor afterwards.在这类情况下,接受捐献者以后通常会照顾捐赠者。
  • The Doctor transplanted the donor's heart to Mike's chest cavity.医生将捐赠者的心脏移植进麦克的胸腔。
3 radical hA8zu     
n.激进份子,原子团,根号;adj.根本的,激进的,彻底的
参考例句:
  • The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
  • She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。
4 physically iNix5     
adj.物质上,体格上,身体上,按自然规律
参考例句:
  • He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服,心绪也很乱。
  • Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。
5 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
参考例句:
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
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