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Artificial Heart and Cardiac Transplantation: Report on the First European Combined Procedure
Author(s) -
Unger F.,
Chmelizek F.,
Jungwirth W.,
Koller I.,
Laczkovics A.,
Lehner L.,
Lexer G.,
Olsen D. B.,
Pohla G.,
Schister R.,
Wolner E.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
artificial organs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.684
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1525-1594
pISSN - 0160-564X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1594.1988.tb01523.x
Subject(s) - artificial heart , heart transplantation , bridge to transplantation , transplantation , medicine , cardiology , surgery
It became necessary to perform a staged procedure by means of total artificial heart followed by cardiac transplantation in a 26‐year‐old, female patient. The Ellipsoidheart, as an artificial heart, fitted excellently in the chest without compromising the surrounding structures. As soon as the patient recovered with the artificial heart, a consecutive transplantation was performed. This first European clinical experience gained confidence and suggests applying more artificial hearts as a bridge towards transplantation.