Total artificial heart-implantation technique using the CardioWest or the Thoratec system.

Abstract

Total artificial heart is a safe and efficient bridge for patients with terminal congestive heart failure awaiting cardiac transplantation. The implantation of the CardioWest total artificial heart has become an accepted therapeutic option in critically ill patients who have irreversible biventricular failure and are candidates for cardiac transplantation. Because of anatomical limitations in smaller patients (women, adolescents) implantation of the CardioWest system might be impossible. In these cases we have implanted the paracorporeal Thoratec device in a modified technique as a total artificial heart.

• Authors: Reiner Körfer, Aly El Banayosy, Michiel Morshuis, Gero Tenderich, Nils Reiss, Latif Arusoglu
• Journal: Multimedia manual of cardiothoracic surgery : MMCTS (Multimed Man Cardiothorac Surg) Vol. 2007 Issue 329 Pg. mmcts.2006.002485 (Jan 01 2007) ISSN: 1813-9175 [Print] England
• PMID: 24414023 (Publication Type: Journal Article)