SynCardia Video Center: Patients
Gary Onufer
- Age: 46 (at implant)
- Diagnosis: Dilated cardiomyopathy
- Implant date: Feb. 12, 2007
- Transplant date: March 11, 2007
- Time on the Total: 27 days
- Residence: Ambler, Pennsylvania
- Hospital: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
- Surgeon: Drs. Michael Acker and Rohinton Morris
Gary Onufer, a 46-year-old former fitness instructor, received the SynCardia Total Artificial Heart when the two major pumping chambers of his heart failed and he was near death.
Video Length - 2:10
*The SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart was formerly known as the
SynCardia temporary CardioWest™ Total Artificial Heart.
SynCardia temporary CardioWest™ Total Artificial Heart.
