Tissue Expander as a Routine Component of 50cc Total Artificial Heart Implantation for Bridge to Transplant

Ryan Avery¹, Samata R Paidy², Roy Keller²+3

• ¹From the Department of Medical Imaging (R.A.), Department of Anesthesiology (S.R.P.), Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery (R.K., S.L., Z.K.), and Sarver Heart Center (R.G.S.), Banner-University Medical Center, University of Arizona, Tucson; and SynCardia Systems, Inc, Tucson, AZ (R.G.S.). ravery@radiology.arizona.edu.+1