title: Simultaneous heart and kidney transplantation after bridging with the CardioWest total artificial heart.
abstract: End-stage renal failure is often considered a relative contraindication for total artificial heart implantation due to the increased risk of mortality after transplantation. We report the successful treatment of a patient having heart and renal failure with the CardioWest (SynCardia Inc, Tucson, AZ) total artificial heart for bridge-to-cardiac transplantation of a heart and kidney.
authors.affiliation: Department of Transplants, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona 85054, USA. jaroszewski.dawn@mayo.edu
authors.forename: Dawn E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Jaroszewski
authors.forename: Christopher C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Pierce
authors.forename: Linda L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Staley
authors.forename: Raymond
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Robert R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: Eric E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Steidley
authors.forename: Radha S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Gopalan
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: DeValeria
authors.forename: Louis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lanza
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mulligan
authors.forename: Francisco A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Arabia
mesh_terms: D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D006354:Heart, Artificial; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011474:Prosthesis Design