Innsbruck, Austria
July 17, 2008
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Austria’s First CardioWest Artificial Heart
Implanted at University Hospital Innsbruck
Complications After Triple Bypass Procedure
Leave Surgeons With Artificial Heart As Best Option
On July 10, Prof. Dr. Gunther Laufer, chief of heart surgery at University Hospital Innsbruck, led his surgical team in performing Austria’s first implant of the CardioWest™ temporary Total Artificial Heart into a 56-year-old male patient. Prof. Herwig Antretter performed the implant with assistance from surgeon Dr. Daniel Hoefer... read more
Print:
•Wiener Zeitung
•Der Standard
•Oberösterreichische Nachrichten
•Die Presse
•Salzburg Nachrichten
•Kurier
Web:
•Science ORF
•Tirol ORF
•Vienna Online
•Sudtirol Online
•TT.com
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Sydney, Australia
July 24, 2008 |
Australia’s Largest Transplant Hospital To Begin Certification Training
To Become Asia-Pacific Regional Training Center
for CardioWest Artificial Heart
Paris Training Will Feature Roundtable Discussion
with International Artificial Heart Proctors
On July 28 and 29, Director of Cardiopulmonary Transplant and Cardiothoracic Unit Dr. Philip Spratt, Cardiothoracic and Transplant surgeon Dr. Paul Jansz and the cardiac transplant team from St. Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney, Australia, will travel to Paris to begin the first phase of certification training for the CardioWest™ temporary Total Artificial Heart (TAH-t)...
read more
Print:
•Herald Sun |
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Inside Arizona Business
June 22, 2008 |
"This week, a special edition of our show as we profile SynCardia Systems, a small Tucson company that has become the worldwide leader in its industry, the manufacture of artificial hearts..."
Watch Video 29:02 - Opens
in a new window |
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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
May 1, 2008 |
Final Medicare Decision Provides
Maximum Reimbursement to Hospitals
for CardioWest™ temporary Total Artificial Heart
CMS Reverses 1986 National Non-Coverage Decision for the Artificial Heart
On May 1, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its final National Coverage Decision (NCD) to reimburse the CardioWest™ temporary Total Artificial Heart (TAH-t) as part of FDA studies that meet CMS specifications... read more
Print:
•Inside Tucson Business | Sidebar
•Medical Device Daily
•Tucson Citizen | Opinion
•Arizona Daily Star
•CMS Press Release
TV:
•KOLD - News 13 Tucson
Radio:
•KUAT Arizona Spotlight with Mark McLemore
This story also appeared on:
| eMaxHealth |
Medical News Today |
| Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report |
American Medical News |
| Medicare Newsline |
Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network |
| News-Medical.net |
Calibre Macro World |
| The Happy Hospitalist |
DotMed News |
| Transplant Views |
Digital News Direct |
| The Sentinel (Friend, NE) |
The Palm Beach Post |
| Austin-American Statesman |
Congressional Quarterly |
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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
February 1, 2008 |
Preliminary Decision by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Favors Reimbursement For CardioWest Artificial Heart
On February 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that after completing a review of its 1986 national non-coverage policy for artificial hearts, its preliminary decision is to provide reimbursement for patients who receive the CardioWest™ temporary Total Artificial Heart (TAH-t) as part of FDA studies that meet CMS specifications. Following a public comment period, CMS will post its final decision on May 1, 2008... read more
Print:
•Tucson Citizen
•Arizona Daily Star
•CMS Press Release
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Salt Lake City, Utah
Jan. 3, 2008 |
Artificial Heart Returns to Utah
I-Med is 12th U.S. Hospital to Begin Certification Training
On Jan. 3, I-Med (Intermountain Medical Center, formerly LDS hospital) will complete the second phase of certification training for the CardioWest™ temporary Total Artificial Heart (TAH-t), bringing the artificial heart one step closer to returning to Utah. The third and final phase will be the proctored first implant of the artificial heart. ... read more
Television:
•NBC Salt Lake City
Print:
•Deseret Morning News #1
•Deseret Morning News #2 |
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Salt Lake City, Utah
Nov. 30 & Dec. 1, 2007 |
What Ever Happened to the Jarvik 7?
University of Utah Symposium Marks 25th Anniversary
of Artificial Heart Implanted into Barney Clark
On Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, more than 200 surgeons, biomedical engineers and heart device executives gathered at the University of Utah to celebrate the first implant of the Jarvik 7 artificial heart on Dec. 1, 1982, and present the current state of artificial heart pumping technology... read
more
Television:
•NBC Salt Lake City
Print:
•Deseret Morning News
•BYU NewsNet
Radio:
•KCPW Utah Public Radio
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Phoenix, Ariz.
September 21, 2007 |
Three Hearts, Second Chance at Life for Gilbert Woman
In a period of just 13 days, a 56-year-old Gilbert,
Ariz., woman has felt the beating of three different
hearts - all within her own chest:
First, her own, failing heart. Then, in what is
considered groundbreaking in the Valley, an artificial
heart. And, on day 13, a donor heart ... read
more
Television:
•Fox 10 Phoenix
•ABC 15 Phoenix
•NBC 4 Tucson
Print:
•Arizona Republic #1 (no longer available)
•Arizona Republic #2 (no longer available)
•East Valley Tribune
Online:
•SpiritIndia.com |
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Kampen, Netherlands
August 29, 2007 |
Built by the Giants of Medicine,
CardioWest™ Artificial Heart Celebrates 60th Birthday
Sixty years ago,
Willem J. Kolff, M.D., Ph.D., the world's most
accomplished and prolific creator of artificial
organs, started work that led to the creation
of the world's first and only FDA and CE approved
temporary artificial heart: the CardioWest™
temporary Total Artificial Heart (TAH-t)... read more
Radio:
•RTV Oost English & Dutch
(click headphones in middle of page to listen)
Print:
•Short article by Netherlands National News Agency:
Dutch | English translation
•Feature article by Netherlands National News Agency:
Dutch (no longer available)| English translation |
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University of Michigan Transplant Center
August 16, 2007 |
CardioWest™ Artificial Heart Saves Michigan Man
It was a drastic measure for a desperately ill patient. Just 41 years old, Phil Hall
of Belleville, Mich., was suffering from congestive heart failure.
He needed a heart transplant to survive, but doctors were unable to find a donor
heart... read more
Television:
•ClickonDetroit.com (NBC TV News)
Print:
•The Detroit News (no longer available)
•The Belleville View
•The University Record
Radio:
•Detroit News/Talk 760 WJR
Online:
•SpiritIndia.com |
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Penn State Hershey Medical
Center
May 22, 2007 |
Man with Artificial Heart
Listed for Transplant
A Halifax-area man who recently received an artificial
heart has been put on the list for a heart transplant.
•Penn
State Live (no longer available)
•State
College (no longer available)
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Penn State Hershey Medical
Center
May 8, 2007 |
Penn State Hershey Medical
Center Becomes the 9th U.S. Center
to
Implant the CardioWest TAH-t
A 60-year-old man
suffering from end stage heart failure received
the CardioWest temporary Total Artificial Heart on Wednesday.
He'll use the artificial heart while he waits for a heart donor. Below are links to
this story:
•Penn
State Live
•CBS
News Harrisburg, PA (no longer available)
•The
Patriot News (no longer available) |
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Various Sources
February/March 2007 |
46-Year-Old
Man Receives First CardioWest Artificial Heart in Northeast U.S.
From
Hospital University Pennsylvania Cardiac Surgeons
Television:
• Channel
3 CBS Philadelphia
• Channel
6 ABC Philadelphia
• Channel
10 NBC Philadelphia
• Channel
29 FOX Philadelphia
Print:
• The
Daily Pennsylvanian (2/20/07)
• Philadelphia
Daily News (2/19/07)
• Ambler
Gazette (3/07/07)
• Philadelphia Business Journal (2/19/07)
Radio:
• KYW
Newsradio (2/20/07)
Online:
• MacroWorld
Investor (2/20/07) (no longer available)
• MediLexicon
(2/22/07)
• AScribe
(2/19/07)
This story also appeared on television news in:
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Norfolk, VA |
Albany, NY |
Jacksonville, FL |
Nashville, TN |
Pittsburgh, PA |
Charlotte, NC |
Oklahoma City, OK |
Miami, FL |
Houston, TX |
Portland, ME |
Santa Barbara, CA |
Eugene, OR |
Harrisburg, PA |
Ft. Myers, FL |
Columbia, SC |
Clarksburg, WV |
Bend, OR |
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
February 13, 2007 |
A
Broken Heart Replaced; After Years of Relying
on Medical Innovations, Man Gets a Transplant |
|
Foothills Magazine
February 2007 |
Local
Icon; Pioneering Heart Surgeon, Dr. Jack Copeland
Interviewed about the CardioWest™ TAH-t
"Dr. Jack Copeland's knowledge of the heart
has helped save hundreds of lives." |
|
| National Geographic
Cover Story
February 2007 |
The cover story for the National
Geographic February issue, "Healing the Heart",
features the CardioWest temporary Total Artificial
Heart. Click the links below for the article,
multimedia presentation and more.
A
Change of Heart: A CardioWest TAH-t patient
talks about his life, what it was like to be on
an artificial heart and his hopes after transplant.
Matters
of the Heart: A multimedia presentation of
the article
Feature:
The complete text of the article
Photo
Gallery: A gallery of the photos used in the
article
On
Assignment: Notes from photographer Rob Clark |
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| Various German Publications
December 2006 |
For the first time in Bavaria,
a patient with severe cardiac disease receives a
total artificial heart transplant at the University
Clinic Erlangen. The two articles below are translated
from German publications:
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| Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel
December 10, 2006 |
Artificial
Heart, Real Hope
"Beating in his
chest is a technological wonder, but it's just a
temporary fix." |
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| Various Publications
November 2006 |
Missouri
Hospital First in Region to Implant
CardioWest™ temporary Total Artificial Heart
"Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St.
Louis will join eight other U.S. medical centers
in January when it begins implanting an artificial
heart approved by the Food and Drug Administration
two years ago." |
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| Arizona Daily Wildcat
October 30, 2006 |
Transplant
Patients Honor UMC
"Carrie Coykendall,
a recent UA graduate, said she volunteers at UMC
with patients who are on artificial heart devices
while waiting for a heart transplant. "It is
really encouraging and exciting to come here and
meet people who have made it through that process
and are doing really well years after their transplant"
said Coykendall. Bill Wohl, a Scottsdale resident,
is one of the 70 patients who were part of an experiment
that helped get FDA approval for the CardioWest
artificial heart." |
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Various Publications
September 2006 |
University
Hospital of Cologne to be Certified to Implant
CardioWest™ TAH‑t; Sixth in Germany
-- 17th in the World
"On Sept. 4 and 5, Dr. Thorsten Wahlers,
director and chief surgeon of the department of
cardiothoracic surgery, and members of the cardiac
transplant team from the University Hospital of
Cologne in Germany will begin training to implant
the CardioWest™ temporary Total Artificial
Heart (TAH‑t). " |
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Various Publications
August 2006 |
Aurora
St. Luke's Cardiac Team Implants Artificial Heart
"A cardiac surgery team led by
Alfred Tector, M. D., has performed the state's
first implant of the only FDA approved temporary
Total Artificial Heart at Aurora St. Luke's Medical
Center in Milwaukee." |
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Various Publications
July 2006 |
SynCardia
Receives CE Mark to Market EXCOR TAH‑t Mobile
Driver
with CardioWest™ TAH‑t
"SynCardia Systems Inc. has received
a CE mark to market a modified version of the Berlin
Heart, AG EXCOR(R) Mobile Drive Unit, called the
EXCOR TAH‑t, with the CardioWest™ TAH‑t
in Europe." |
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American Heart Journal
July 2006 |
"Current
Status of the Artificial Heart"
CardioWest™
labeled ‘gold standard’:
"The authors concluded that the CardioWest™
TAH was not only safe and efficient for bridging
patients to transplant, but also consider its
use a gold standard in treating critically ill
patients requiring mechanical circulatory support.”
More
CardioWest™
TAH‑t Sales Potential:
"Based on reports from the Institute of Medicine
and several NHLBI (National Heart, Lung, and Blood
Institute) workshops, 50,000 to 100,000 patients
each year could benefit from mechanical circulatory
support, of which 5% to 10% would be served best
with a TAH." More
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Various Publications
July 2006 |
German
Heart Center Performs Its 100th Implant of the CardioWest
TAH‑t
On June 30th, the Heart and Diabetes Center NRW,
Bad Oeynhausen, Germany, performed its first implant
of the CardioWest temporary Total Artificial Heart.
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Various Publications
June 2006 |
Ohio
State University Medical Center Performs Its First
TAH‑t Implant
On May 26th, cardiac surgeons at Ohio State Medical
Center performed their first implant of the CardioWest
temporary Total Artificial Heart.
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Various Publications
May 2006 |
CardioWest
TAH‑t Bridges First VCU Patient to Human Heart
Transplant
On Wednesday May 24th, 51 days after receiving a
CardioWest™ temporary Total Artificial Heart
- a first of its kind implant at VCU - a Virginia
man received a donor heart transplant. Below are
four articles that were published:
- Richmond
Times-Dispatch (5/26/06) (no longer available)
- Richmond.com
(6/7/06) (no longer available)
- WAVY-TV (no longer available)
- The
Roanoke Times (6/16/06)
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Genetic Engineering News
May 16, 2006 |
Berlin
Heart Receives CE Mark to Market Modified Excor
Mobile Driving Unit
with the CardioWest™ TAH‑t
in Europe
"Known as 'Big Blue' for its
light blue exterior finish and its washing machine-sized
dimensions, the 400-pound driver has been used since
the 1980s. In Europe, they are being replaced, outside
the operating room, by the Excor portable driver,
a 20-pound unit that allows stable artificial heart
patients to recover at home." |
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Arizona Daily Star
April 27, 2006 |
CardioWest™
- Heart Swap-Out, Taught Step by Step
"You,
too, can implant an artificial heart. Or so it seemed
this week as Dr. Jack Copeland trained an East Coast
surgical team at University Medical Center." |
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Treatment of Advanced
Heart Disease
Spring 2006 |
The
SynCardia CardioWest™ Total Artificial Heart
(PDF File)
Full Chapter from Treatment of Advanced Heart
Disease, Edited by Kenneth L. Baughman and
William A. Baumgartner. |
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Various Publications
April 2006 |
VCU
in the News with First CardioWest TAH‑t implant
On Monday, April 3, 2006, Virginia Commonwealth
University in Richmond, VA, implanted its first
CardioWest temporary Total Artificial Heart. On
Tuesday, following the surgery, VCU conducted a
News Conference. Many articles were aired and published.
Below are four of these articles:
- Richmond
Times-Dispatch (4/7/06) (no longer available)
- MedGadget
(4/7/06)
- Richmond.com
(4/5/06) (no longer available)
- RxPG
News (4/5/06)
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|
Cardiovascular Device
Update
March 31, 2006 |
SynCardia
Marks Profit Milestones (PDF file)
"Rodger
Ford, CEO of SynCardia, maker of the only FDA-approved
total artificial heart, last month at an investor
meeting promised that the company will move from
"lifesaving science venture" to profitability this
year." |
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Medical Device Daily
February 16, 2006 |
SynCardia,
Berlin Heart Mark Profit and Clinical Milestones
(PDF file)
"Two companies focused on the end-stage
heart assist sector had good news for investors
and patients over the past week." |
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Arizona Daily Star
January 21, 2006 |
Firm's
Pace Picks Up
"The CEO of the Tucson-based
company that makes the only FDA-approved total artificial
heart told investors Friday that 2006 will be the
year that SynCardia Systems Inc. turns the corner
from a life-saving science project to a profitable
business." |
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Arizona Daily Star
December 22, 2005 |
SynCardia
Turning to Marketing
"Since becoming the
first artificial heart to win federal approval for
commercial use last year, the CardioWest total artificial
heart has been a medical success. Now, new management
at CardioWest maker SynCardia Systems Inc. of Tucson
is looking to translate that clinical success to
the marketplace." |
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KVOA NBC4 Tucson
December 22, 2005 |
Maker
of Artificial Heart Looks to Expand Business
"The Tucson company that made the first artificial
heart to win federal approval for commercial use
is looking to translate its clinical success to
the marketplace." |
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Red Orbit Breaking News
November 4, 2005 |
SynCardia
Systems, Inc. Earns Frost & Sullivan
Entrepreneurial
Company of the Year Award
for CardioWest Temporary
Total Artificial Heart
"SynCardia Systems, Inc., a privately held developer
of biomechanical cardiac replacement and mechanical
circulatory support devices, has been awarded the
Frost & Sullivan 2005 Entrepreneurial Company of
the Year Award in the cardiovascular medical device
market. The Award recognizes the company that has
demonstrated superior entrepreneurial ability in
its industry and signifies the company's identification
of a unique and revolutionary product solution with
significant market potential. The Award commends
SynCardia Systems, Inc. for its revolutionary CardioWest
temporary Total Artificial Heart (TAH‑t)." |
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Healthcare Sales &
Marketing Network
October 20, 2005 |
SynCardia
Recognizes One Year Milestone of FDA Approval
of
CardioWest Temporary Total Artificial Heart
"SynCardia Systems, Inc., a privately held
developer of biomechanical cardiac replacement and
mechanical circulatory support devices, today recognizes
the one year milestone of the FDA approval of its
CardioWest™ temporary Total Artificial Heart
(TAH‑t). The CardioWest™ TAH‑t
is the only FDA approved device capable of providing
full circulatory restoration in morbidly ill patients
with irreversible bi-ventricular failure, ultimately
bridging them to transplantation when a donor heart
becomes available." |
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Cardiac Consult Magazine
Fall 2005 |
Newly Approved Total Artificial Heart Restores
Hemodynamic
and Clinical Stability (PDF file)
"The
Cleveland Clinic Heart Center has added the CardioWest
total artificial heart to its armamentarium of treatments
for patients with congestive heart failure awaiting
transplantation." |
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Inside Tucson Business
September 12, 2005 |
And
the Beat Goes On...
"It has been a long
road to the point where SynCardia Systems is today.
It's the convergence of technology and demand, along
with the approval of government regulatory agencies
and a set of keen business minds that has SynCardia
poised to take off into the stratosphere with its
CardioWest Temporary Total Artificial Heart." |
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FDA Consumer Magazine
Jan-Feb, 2005 |
Artificial
Heart Helps People Awaiting Transplants
"The FDA has approved a partial artificial heart
that keeps people alive in the hospital while they
wait for a heart transplant. The SynCardia CardioWest
Temporary Total Artificial Heart is intended to
be a "bridge to transplant" for people who don't
respond to other treatments and who could die from
non-reversible biventricular heart failure, a condition
in which both the left and right sides of the heart
are not functioning properly. The device, cleared
for marketing in October 2004, is the first of its
kind authorized to be sold in the United States." |
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Wired Magazine
January, 2005 |
Artificial
Hearts: The Beat Goes On
"Every year, more
than 3,000 Americans need a new heart. Too bad the
donor rate averages less than half that. Researchers
struggled for decades to find alternatives to transplants
- and this fall, the FDA finally approved the first
completely artificial heart. Here's a look at the
major milestones in ticker technology and what lies
just around the bend." |
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Boston Globe
October 19, 2004 |
FDA
Approves Temporary Artificial Heart
"The CardioWest temporary Total Artificial Heart,
manufactured by SynCardia Systems of Tucson, takes
over for the patient's failing heart, restoring
normal blood pressure and shoring up such vital
organs as the kidney and liver. The "bridge" device
is intended to help keep patients alive long enough
for a heart transplant." |
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USA Today
October 19, 2004 |
FDA
Approves Artificial Heart Implant
"The
pump could benefit some of the roughly 8,000 people
on waiting lists for the 2,000 donor hearts that
become available each year. About 30% of those on
the waiting lists die before a donor heart becomes
available for transplant." |
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USA Today
August 25, 2004 |
CardioWest
Heart: Living Proof of Success
"Building
an artificial heart has proved tougher than landing
men on the moon, but a new study shows that a heart
once considered a flop can prolong the lives of
desperately sick patients until a donor heart is
found, researchers said Thursday." |
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WebMD
August 25, 2004 |
Artificial
Heart Buys Time Until Transplant
"An artificial
heart keeps heart failure patients alive long enough
to receive a heart transplant -- welcome news for
the 5 million Americans living with this condition." |
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New England Journal of Medicine
August 20, 2004 |
Cardiac Replacement with a Total Artificial Heart as a Bridge to Transplantation
The pivotal clinical study of the CardioWest™ temporary Total Artificial Heart (TAH-t). |
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CBS News
May 28, 2004 |
High-Tech
Hearts
"High technology continues to improve
the lives of those with heart problems." |
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World Talk Radio
May 5, 2004 |
BioTech
Today (no longer available)
A radio interview with Dr. Marvin J. Slepian, Founder
and CEO of SynCardia Systems. |
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The New York Times
March 18, 2004
Subscription
may be required to access archived articles |
Panel
Backs Artificial Heart in Dire Cases
"A U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel on Wednesday
backed an artificial heart to keep the sickest patients
alive while they wait for a transplant. The CardioWest
temporary Total Artificial Heart by SynCardia Systems
would be the first on the market if the FDA follows
the advisory panel's 10-to-1 recommendation. The
agency usually agrees with the advice of its expert
panels." |
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University of Arizona
December 19, 2003 |
Teenage
Patient at UMC is Youngest in World to Be Placed
on Total Artificial Heart
"Alex Rowe became
the youngest person in the world to be placed on
a total artificial heart on Oct. 7, 2003, when surgeons
at University Medical Center removed his own diseased
heart and replaced it with the CardioWest Total
Artificial Heart (TAH)." |
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University of Arizona
June 20, 2001 |
Dr.
Jack Copeland Receives National Award for Work with
Heart Devices
"Jack G. Copeland III, MD,
is the recipient of the 2001 Barney Clark Award,
a recognition of his success in the use of artificial
hearts and heart-assist devices. The award commends
Dr. Copeland for 'interjecting science into the
process, and for leadership in moving the TAH (total
artificial heart) from failure to highly successful
clinical applications.' " |
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Physician's Weekly
December 11, 2000 |
Total
Artificial Hearts: New Devices Work for Patients
When LVADs Won't
"An advanced total artificial heart-the AbioCor
Implantable Replacement Heart (ABIOMEDTM)-is ready
for clinical trials, researchers told an international
conference here on circulatory-support devices.
And scores of patients in trials have already been
implanted with CardioWest's successor to the Jarvik
7." |
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