Simultaneous heart and kidney transplantation after bridging with the CardioWest total artificial heart.
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.
Jaroszewski
Dawn E
DE
Department of Transplants, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona 85054, USA. jaroszewski.dawn@mayo.edu
Pierce
Christopher C
CC
Staley
Linda L
LL
Wong
Raymond
R
Scott
Robert R
RR
Steidley
Eric E
EE
Gopalan
Radha S
RS
DeValeria
Patrick
P
Lanza
Louis
L
Mulligan
David
D
Arabia
Francisco A
FA
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