title: The Thoratec system implanted as a modified total artificial heart: the Bad Oeynhausen technique.
abstract: The CardioWest™ total artificial heart (SynCardia Systems, Tuscon, AZ, USA) is the only FDA-approved total artificial heart determined as a bridge to human heart transplantation for patients dying of biventricular heart failure. Implantation provides immediate hemodynamic restoration and clinical stabilization, leading to end-organ recovery and thus eventually allowing cardiac transplantation. Occasionally, implantation of a total artificial heart is not feasible for anatomical reasons. For this patient group, we have developed an alternative technique using the paracorporeal Thoratec biventricular support system (Thoratec, Pleasanton, CA, USA) as a modified total artificial heart. A detailed description of the implantation technique is presented.
authors.affiliation: Heart Center North Rhine-Westphalia, Ruhr-University of Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.
authors.forename: Latif
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Arusoglu
authors.forename: Nils
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Reiss
authors.forename: Michiel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morshuis
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schoenbrodt
authors.forename: Kavous
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hakim-Meibodi
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gummert
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000601:surgery*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult