Mega Heart exhibit to be on display Sunday at Glendale Galleria

By Mark Kellam, <i><a href=”mailto:mark.kellam@latimes.com”>mark.kellam@latimes.com</a></i>

May 28, 2014 4:35 PM PT

The Mega Heart, a giant inflatable heart designed as an educational, walk-through exhibit, will be on display at the Glendale Galleria from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday.

During the tour, visitors will learn about cardiovascular functions, observe examples of various types of heart disease and read about the latest medical treatments for heart problems.

The heart is a 12 feet tall, 21 feet long, 15 feet wide and is a replica of the human organ that provides visitors with a close-up view of healthy and diseased tissue, artificial valves and a stent, as well as the damage caused by a heart attack.

Visitors enter the exhibit through the largest vein that feeds the heart, the superior vena cava, and exit through the largest artery that leaves the heart, the aorta.
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Mark Kellam

Mark Kellam was city editor of the Glendale News-Press and Burbank Leader. He joined Times Community News in July 2011 as the business-politics reporter and was promoted to city editor in January 2013. Previously, he was an editor at the Los Angeles Daily News and managing editor at Champion Newspapers in Chino, Calif. Prior to that, he was an editor at Amos Suburban Newspapers in Dayton, Ohio, for several years. Kellam holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Indiana University.