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Implantation of the Syncardia Total Artificial Heart
Published on: July 18, 2014
Biventricular amputation for biventricular pulsatile assist device implantation in patients with severe ventricular
Marcel Vollroth1, Joerg Seeburger, Friedrich W Mohr
1Department of Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center Leipzig, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Abstract:
Complete ischaemic destruction of the cardiac apex as well as the majority of the ventricular septum is usually a lethal condition with no alternatives except mechanical circulation support and highly urgent heart transplantation. Depending on the mass of the necrotic and destructed myocardium, implantation of a ventricular assist device can be challenging due to insufficient tissue quality. We describe here a new approach to pulsatile Thoratec (Thoratec Corporation, Pleasanton, CA, USA) extracorporeal biventricular assist device implantation.
