Implantation technique of the 50-cm3 SynCardia Total Artificial Heart: does size make a difference?

Sotirios Spiliopoulos; Dilek Guersoy; Alexandros Merkourios Dimitriou; Reiner Koerfer; Gero Tenderich

doi:10.1093/mmcts/mmv029

Implantation technique of the 50-cm3 SynCardia Total Artificial Heart: does size make a difference?

Multimed Man Cardiothorac Surg. 2015 Oct 5:2015:mmv029. doi: 10.1093/mmcts/mmv029. Print 2015.

Authors

Sotirios Spiliopoulos¹, Dilek Guersoy², Alexandros Merkourios Dimitriou², Reiner Koerfer², Gero Tenderich²

Affiliations

¹ 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.
² Department for the Surgical Therapy of End-Stage Heart Failure and Mechanical Circulatory Support, Heart and Vascular Center Duisburg, Duisburg, Germany.

PMID: 26438624
DOI: 10.1093/mmcts/mmv029

Abstract

Despite downsizing, implantation technique of the 50-cm(3) SynCardia Total Artificial Heart and settings of the Companion driver remain unchanged. Owing to the absence of de-airing nipples, de-airing procedure is even more crucial and has to be performed carefully.

Keywords: Artificial heart; Cardiac surgical procedure; Circulatory support devices.

Publication types

Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Female
Heart Failure / surgery*
Heart, Artificial*
Humans
Male
Prosthesis Implantation / instrumentation
Prosthesis Implantation / methods*