SynCardia Video Center: Patients

 

Wayne Zimmerman

  • Age: 63 (at implant)
  • Diagnosis: Ischemic cardiomyopathy
  • Implant date: July 7, 2008
  • Transplant date: Sept. 2, 2008
  • Time on the Total: 57 days
  • Residence: Yuma, Arizona
  • Hospital: Mayo Clinic Arizona

In September 2008, 62-year-old Wayne Zimmerman, a law enforcement officer from Yuma with a SynCardia  Total Artificial Heart, underwent the first "combo" heart and kidney transplant at Mayo Clinic Arizona.

Video Length: 2:12


*The SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart was formerly known as the
SynCardia temporary CardioWest™ Total Artificial Heart.

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