First, the heart requires two tubes from the chest to a pump which weighs twenty kilograms, so that movement is severely restricted and the chances of infection increased. The patient may "exist," but it is difficult to really "live."
首先，病人從胸腔內透穿出兩根管子，銜接在重達廿公斤且需插電的「心臟推進器」上，因此病人的活動範圍也只能以管子為半徑，是不折不扣的「只能生存、不能生活」。而且管子連接體外，也使胸腔發生感染的危險性增加。