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This narrated animation shows how blood flows through the various chambers of the heart and the electric system that controls the heart muscle's pumping action.

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Traditional Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) surgery has undesirable side effects that range from cognitive loss to increased hospital stays that are believed to be related to artificial heart pumps. In this project, we believe that if the heart were able to beat freely during surgery, these pumps would not be needed and it is possible that these side effects might be lessened.


-M. Cenk Cavusoglu

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