World's 1st Total Artificial Heart to Dual Heart & Liver Transplant Performed at Cleveland Clinic.63-Year-Old Dentist Undergoes 14-Hour Landmark Surgery TUCSON, Ariz. -- SynCardia Systems, Inc. (www.syncardia.com), manufacturer of the SynCardia temporary CardioWest[TM] Total Artificial Heart, announced today that Cleveland Clinic Cleveland Clinic (formally known as the Cleveland Clinic Foundation) is a multispecialty academic medical center located in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Cleveland Clinic was established in 1921 by four physicians for the purpose of providing patient care, research, and medical has performed the world's first Total Artificial Heart to dual heart and liver transplant liver transplant Hepatic transplant Transplant surgery A procedure that replaces a cancer conquered, metabolically defeated, or substance subjugated liver with one no longer required by its owner, many of whom donate same after an MVA Diseases requiring transplant . "Cleveland Clinic has made medical history with their use of the Total Artificial Heart to bridge a very ill patient to a dual heart and liver transplant," said Dr. Jack Copeland B. Jack Copeland is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. Copeland received a BPhil and DPhil from the University of Oxford in philosophy, where he undertook research on modal and non-classical logic. , internationally renowned transplant surgeon and Total Artificial Heart pioneer. "My congratulations go out to Drs. Nicholas Smedira and Randall Starling starling, any of a group of originally Old World birds that have become distributed worldwide. Starlings were brought to New York in 1890; since then the common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) has spread throughout North America. , two world class physicians." After living with the Total Artificial Heart for 113 days, on May 1, 2009, Dr. Michael Zabell received the donor heart and liver during a 14-hour landmark surgery involving two different transplant teams. Today, Dr. Zabell is enjoying life at home with his wife of 19 years and his two daughters, ages 17 and 15. "I've had more doctors than the Cleveland Browns
Dr. Zabell was first admitted to the hospital to wait for a heart transplant heart transplant Procedure to remove a diseased heart and replace it with a healthy one from a legally dead donor. The first was performed in 1967 by Christiaan Barnard. on Aug. 18, 2008. He was given medication to help his heart function, but his condition continued to deteriorate. By January 8, 2009, his heart had become so weak that doctors needed to implant the Total Artificial Heart to buy him more time until a matching donor heart and liver could be found. *Disclosure* Nicholas Smedira, MD, is a paid consultant for SynCardia Systems, Inc. Originally used as a permanent replacement heart, the Total Artificial Heart is currently approved as a bridge to human heart transplant for patients dying from end-stage biventricular failure. The Total Artificial Heart is the only device that provides immediate, safe blood flow of up to 9.5 L/min through both ventricles Ventricles The two chambers of the heart that are involved in pumping blood. The right ventricle pumps blood into the lungs to receive oxygen. The left ventricle pumps blood into the circulation of the body to deliver oxygen to all of the body's organs and tissues. . The SynCardia Total Artificial Heart is the first and only FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. , Health Canada and CE Mark approved Total Artificial Heart in the world. There have been more than 800 implants of the Total Artificial Heart, accounting for more than 170 patient years of life on the device. Photos/Multimedia Gallery Available: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=6089811&lang=en |
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