IS THE TOTAL ARTIFICIAL HEART RIGHT FOR ME?

If you or a loved one is suffering from advanced or end-stage heart failure (NYHA Class III or IV) and your doctor has discussed an immediate or eventual need for a heart transplant, the SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart (TAH-t) may be an option for you and your doctor to consider.

70CC TAH-t

The 70cc TAH-t is approved as a bridge to transplant in the U.S. and Canada for people who are:

50CC TAH-t

The 50cc TAH-t is approved as a bridge to transplant in the U.S. and Canada for people who are:

CONDITIONS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO BIVENTRICULAR FAILURE

With more than 2000+ implants worldwide, the 70cc TAH-t and 50cc TAH-t have been used in patients with the following conditions that have contributed to irreversible biventricular failure: 

 Acute myocardial infarction

 Aortic root dissection

 Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD)

 Cardiac tumor

 Chagas disease

 Dilated cardiomyopathy

 Donor heart rejection/failure

 Endocarditis

 End-stage congenital heart disease

 Ethylic cardiomyopathy

 Familial cardiomyopathy

 Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

 Ischemic cardiomyopathy

 LVAD failure (device malfunction or right ventricular failure)

 Marfan syndrome

 Mixed cardiomyopathy

 Myocarditis

 Post/peripartum cardiomyopathy

 Recurrent ventricular tachycardia/fibrillation

 Restrictive cardiomyopathy (including amyloid, sarcoidosis, scleroderma and radiation/chemo-induced cardiomyopathy)

 Valvular cardiomyopathy

 Ventricular septal defect

 Viral cardiomyopathy

 And more