| Literature DB >> 26354668 |
Sotirios Spiliopoulos1, Alexandros Merkourios Dimitriou2, Dilek Guersoy2, Reiner Koerfer2, Gero Tenderich2.
Abstract
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.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID： 26354668 DOI： 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.04.010
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ann Thorac Surg ISSN： 0003-4975 Impact factor: 4.330