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Implantation of the Syncardia Total Artificial Heart
Published on: July 18, 2014
Expanding Applicability of Total Artificial Heart Therapy: The 50-cc SynCardia Total Artificial Heart
Sotirios Spiliopoulos1, Alexandros Merkourios Dimitriou1, Dilek Guersoy1
1Department for the Surgical Therapy of End-Stage Heart Failure and Mechanical Circulatory Support, Heart and Vascular Center Duisburg, Duisburg, Germany.
Abstract:
The 50-cc SynCardia total artificial heart is designed to facilitate orthotopic replacement of the native ventricles in patients with a body surface area below 1.7 m(2) in need of long-term circulatory support as a result of end-stage biventricular heart failure. We describe the implementation of this technology in a female patient with irreversible cardiogenic shock on the grounds of acute myocardial infarction and chronic ischemic cardiomyopathy.
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