MainPlaceHolderTop. MainPlaceHolder. An interactive, Flash animated diagram of the human heart (and lungs, because their functions are so closely intertwined), focusing on the pattern of blood flow. First, deoxygenated blood enters the right side of the heart and is pumped to the lungs to absorb oxygen.
A person cannot live without a healthy liver, because of the contributions of the organ to digestion and to cleansing the blood. But an adult with a failed liver can survive â¦ (under extensive medical care) for a day or two, possibly as long as 3 days, before a transplant becomes necessary. person cannot live without a healthy liver, because of the contributions of the organ to digestion and to cleansing the blood. But an adult with a failed liver can survive â¦ (under extensive medical care) for a day or two, possibly as long as 3 days, before a transplant becomes necessary.
Barring that, however, successful heart transplants can extend life by several years. Some 88 percent of patients will live a year after transplant surgery, 80 percent live at least two years, 75 percent will live for five, and 56 percent of patients will have their lives extended by 10 years.uch ado has been made about Cheney receiving a heart transplant at age 71, but such transplants do occur occasionally. There is no legal cutoff at age 70, and people over 70 tend to do as well as their younger counterparts after a heart transplant.