title: Paving the way for destination therapy of end-stage biventricular heart failure: the ReinHeart total artificial heart concept.
authors.affiliation: Department for the Surgical Therapy of End-stage Heart Failure and Mechanical Circulatory Support, Heart- and Vascular Center Duisburg, Duisburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Reiner
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Koerfer
authors.affiliation: Department for the Surgical Therapy of End-stage Heart Failure and Mechanical Circulatory Support, Heart- and Vascular Center Duisburg, Duisburg, Germany sotirios.spiliopolos@ejk.de.
authors.forename: Sotirios
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Spiliopoulos
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Engineering, Institute of Applied Medical Engineering, Helmholtz Institute, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Finocchiaro
authors.affiliation: Department for the Surgical Therapy of End-stage Heart Failure and Mechanical Circulatory Support, Heart- and Vascular Center Duisburg, Duisburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Dilek
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Guersoy
authors.affiliation: Department for the Surgical Therapy of End-stage Heart Failure and Mechanical Circulatory Support, Heart- and Vascular Center Duisburg, Duisburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Gero
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tenderich
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Engineering, Institute of Applied Medical Engineering, Helmholtz Institute, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Steinseifer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D035843:Biomedical Research; D002417:Cattle; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000601:surgery*; D006354:Heart, Artificial; D006801:Humans; D023421:Models, Animal; D011474:Prosthesis Design
keywords: Artificial heart; Cardiac failure; Destination therapy