Hearts

This Valentine’s Day, what could be better than cuddling up with someone special and listening to the Tangents Crew talk about various medical procedures in gory detail! Pucker up! They say the fastest way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, but I think if you ask a doctor they would probably say that’s wrong! But what do I know?Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Stefan: @itsmestefanchin Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreenIf you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:[Truth or Fail]Dr. Clarence Walton Lillehei and Heart Surgeryhttps://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002950.htmhttps://www.healthline.com/health/open-heart-surgery#when-it's-neededhttp://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/why/human-health/history-of-the-heart-lung-machine/https://www.texasheart.org/heart-health/heart-information-center/frequently-asked-patient-questions/how-is-the-heart-stopped-during-open-heart-surgery/https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/circ.102.suppl_4.IV-87Cold Operating Roomhttps://www.jtcvs.org/article/S0022-5223(11)00421-1/pdfhttps://www.annalsthoracicsurgery.org/article/0003-4975(89)90151-3/pdfPatient-Donor Pumphttps://www.annalsthoracicsurgery.org/article/S0003-4975(09)01080-7/pdfhttps://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/01.CIR.100.13.1364https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/circ.102.suppl_4.IV-87https://www.jtcvs.org/article/S0022-5223(04)00093-5/pdfhttps://books.google.com/books?id=M5sbCxd5cioC[Fact Off]Chopin’s hearthttps://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/06/arts/chopin-heart-tuberculosis.htmlhttps://apnews.com/bc0f09217f564329ae6fa2aefa6349a6/chopins-heart-exhumed-secret-relichttps://www.livescience.com/60953-chopin-pickled-heart-reveals-cause-of-death.htmlhttps://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-9343(17)31025-2/abstracthttps://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-9343(17)31278-0/abstractHeart catheterization https://www.annalsthoracicsurgery.org/article/0003-4975(90)90272-8/pdfhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/clc.4960150715https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1956/forssmann/facts/https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/cardiac-catheterization/about/pac-20384695[Ask the Science Couch]Non-human hearts (octopuses, earthworms, etc.)https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/why-does-an-octopus-have-more-than-one-heart/https://www.sas.upenn.edu/~rlenet/Earthworms.htmlhttps://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(05)60870-7/fulltextHumans multiple heartshttps://www.bbc.com/future/article/20131122-can-humans-have-two-heartshttps://health.howstuffworks.com/human-body/systems/circulatory/two-lungs-one-heart1.htm[Butt One More Thing]Poo-phoriahttps://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/02/18/poo-phoria-passing-a-stool_n_4808627.htmlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3778072 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.