• Ann. Thorac. Surg. · Sep 2015

    Case Reports

    Expanding Applicability of Total Artificial Heart Therapy: The 50-cc SynCardia Total Artificial Heart.

    • Sotirios Spiliopoulos, Alexandros Merkourios Dimitriou, Dilek Guersoy, Reiner Koerfer, and Gero Tenderich.
    • Department for the Surgical Therapy of End-Stage Heart Failure and Mechanical Circulatory Support, Heart and Vascular Center Duisburg, Duisburg, Germany. Electronic address: sotirios.spiliopolos@ejk.de.
    • Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2015 Sep 1; 100 (3): e55-7.

    AbstractThe 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.Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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