Living with an Artificial Heart
When Chad's body rejected his first heart transplant, doctors found another way to keep him alive. They implanted an artificial heart in his chest. An air compressor outside Chad's body keeps the valves of the heart opening and closing. Hear Chad describe what it's like to live with an artificial heart.
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