diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/heart_attack.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/heart_attack.dm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9f20099c6d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/heart_attack.dm
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/heart_attack
+	name = "heart"
+	icon = 'icons/obj/surgery.dmi'
+	icon_state = "heart-on"
+	icon_dead = "heart-off"
+	environment_smash_flags = 0
+	melee_damage_lower = 15
+	melee_damage_upper = 15
+	health = 50
+	maxHealth = 50
+	stat_attack = 1
+	var/blood_data = list(
+		"viruses" = null,
+		"blood_DNA" = null,
+		"blood_type" = "O+",
+		"blood_colour" = DEFAULT_BLOOD,
+		"resistances" = null,
+		"trace_chem" = null,
+		"virus2" = null,
+		"immunity" = null,
+		)
+	var/datum/dna/source_dna
+
+/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/heart_attack/proc/update_heart(var/obj/item/organ/internal/heart/source, var/datum/dna/_dna, var/list/vir = list())
+	if (!istype(source))
+		return
+	appearance = source.appearance
+	blood_data = source.blood_data
+	blood_data["virus2"] = vir
+	source_dna = _dna
+
+
+/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/heart_attack/death(var/gibbed = FALSE)
+	..()
+	visible_message("<b>[src]</b> blows apart!")
+	hgibs(loc, blood_data["virus2"], source_dna, blood_data["blood_colour"], blood_data["blood_colour"], 2)
+	qdel(src)
+
+/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/heart_attack/UnarmedAttack(var/atom/A)
+	..()
+	var/datum/reagent/blood/B = new
+	B.data = blood_data
+	blood_splatter(loc,B,TRUE)
diff --git a/code/modules/virus2/effect/stage_4.dm b/code/modules/virus2/effect/stage_4.dm
index 54c36ffabc3..aa3ae3292b7 100644
--- a/code/modules/virus2/effect/stage_4.dm
+++ b/code/modules/virus2/effect/stage_4.dm
@@ -556,15 +556,8 @@
 					spawn_turfs.Add(T)
 			if(!spawn_turfs.len)
 				spawn_turfs.Add(get_turf(H))
-			var/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/heart_attack = new(pick(spawn_turfs))
-			heart_attack.appearance = blown_heart.appearance
-			heart_attack.icon_dead = "heart-off"
-			heart_attack.environment_smash_flags = 0
-			heart_attack.melee_damage_lower = 15
-			heart_attack.melee_damage_upper = 15
-			heart_attack.health = 50
-			heart_attack.maxHealth = 50
-			heart_attack.stat_attack = 1
+			var/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/heart_attack/HA = new(pick(spawn_turfs))
+			HA.update_heart(blown_heart,H.dna,virus_copylist(H.virus2))
 			score["heartattacks"]++
 			qdel(blown_heart)
 
diff --git a/vgstation13.dme b/vgstation13.dme
index 985ec3130de..1d5bcc0e51d 100644
--- a/vgstation13.dme
+++ b/vgstation13.dme
@@ -2024,6 +2024,7 @@
 #include "code\modules\mob\living\simple_animal\hostile\glow_orb.dm"
 #include "code\modules\mob\living\simple_animal\hostile\gremlin.dm"
 #include "code\modules\mob\living\simple_animal\hostile\grinch.dm"
+#include "code\modules\mob\living\simple_animal\hostile\heart_attack.dm"
 #include "code\modules\mob\living\simple_animal\hostile\hive_aliens.dm"
 #include "code\modules\mob\living\simple_animal\hostile\hivebot.dm"
 #include "code\modules\mob\living\simple_animal\hostile\hostile.dm"