Expanding Applicability of Total Artificial Heart Therapy: The 50-cc SynCardia Total Artificial Heart.
The 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.
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.
Sotirios
S
Spiliopoulos
Department for the Surgical Therapy of End-Stage Heart Failure and Mechanical Circulatory Support, Heart and Vascular Center Duisburg, Duisburg, Germany.
Alexandros Merkourios
AM
Dimitriou
Department for the Surgical Therapy of End-Stage Heart Failure and Mechanical Circulatory Support, Heart and Vascular Center Duisburg, Duisburg, Germany.
Dilek
D
Guersoy
Department for the Surgical Therapy of End-Stage Heart Failure and Mechanical Circulatory Support, Heart and Vascular Center Duisburg, Duisburg, Germany.
Reiner
R
Koerfer
Department for the Surgical Therapy of End-Stage Heart Failure and Mechanical Circulatory Support, Heart and Vascular Center Duisburg, Duisburg, Germany.
Gero
G
Tenderich
D000368:Aged; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D005260:Female; D006354:Heart, Artificial; D006801:Humans; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000601:surgery*