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Implantation of the Syncardia Total Artificial Heart
Published on: July 18, 2014
Extracorporeal pulsatile biventricular support after cardiac transplantation
T B Icenogle1, R J Williams, R G Smith
1Section of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|April 1, 1989
Abstract:
A donor heart failed to adequately sustain hemodynamic function after cardiac transplantation. The cause of the donor heart dysfunction was unknown, and there were no definite risk factors identified to suggest the heart would not recover. A Symbion Acute Ventricular Assist Device System was used to support both ventricles. The heart gradually recovered and the system was explanted after 1 week of support. The patient recuperated and has been discharged from the hospital.

