Two years and 4 months: a long-term bridge to transplantation with a total artificial heart.

摘要

We report our experience with a 38-year-old man with refractory end-stage biventricular heart failure due to an idiopathic dilative cardiomyopathy, who received a SynCardia temporary total artificial heart (SynCardia Systems, Inc., Tucson, AZ) as treatment. This procedure performed at our institution is the longest term bridge to heart transplantation (HTx) so far.