Press Releases

Dying Patient Needing Artificial Heart Necessitates Fastest Certification Training for the CardioWest™ temporary Total Artificial Heart (TAH-t)

Dec. 12, 2006

Led by Prof. Michael Weyand, MD, cardiac surgeon, Dr. Tandler, and members of the heart transplant team... read more

Featured in an Emmy Award Winning Fox Feature, Bill Wohl,
CardioWest™ temporary Total Artificial Heart Recipient,
Rides With Team SynCardia in El Tour de Tucson

Nov. 16, 2006

Six years ago, Bill Wohl spent 159 days on the CardioWest™ temporary Total Artificial Heart (TAH-t) awaiting a heart transplant... read more

Tenth Ranked U.S. Heart Hospital Barnes-Jewish in St. Louis to Implant CardioWest™ temporary Total Artificial Heart (TAH-t)

Nov. 1, 2006

Washington University surgeons at Barnes-Jewish Hospital will begin training at UMC in Tucson... read more

First Female Lead Surgeon to be Certified to Implant
the CardioWest™ temporary Total Artificial Heart (TAH-t)
Trains at the Charité Hospital in Berlin, Germany

Oct. 16, 2006

Senior surgeon, Prof. Dr. Sabine Daebritz and her heart transplant team from the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Grosshadern Hospital... read more

2nd Anniversary of FDA Approval Sees CardioWest™ temporary Total Artificial Heart Adopted by World ’s Top Transplant Centers

Oct. 13, 2006

October 15th marks the second anniversary of the FDA approval of the CardioWest™ temporary Total Artificial Heart... read more

University Hospital of Cologne to be Certified
to Implant CardioWest™ temporary Total Artificial Heart
Sixth in Germany – Seventeenth in the World

Aug. 30, 2006

On September 4th and 5th, Dr. Thorsten Wahlers, Director and Chief Surgeon of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery... read more

100th Implant of CardioWest™ temporary Total Artificial Heart
by German Hospital That Pioneered the Use of the Portable Driver
Accelerates Artificial Heart Use

July 26, 2006

The Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany, performed its 100th implant of the CardioWest™ temporary Total Artificial Heart (TAH-t)... read more

SynCardia Receives CE Mark to Market EXCOR® TAH-t Mobile Driver
With CardioWest™ temporary Total Artificial Heart (TAH-t)

July 20, 2006

SynCardia Systems, Inc. has received a CE mark to market a modified version of the Berlin Heart, AG EXCOR® Mobile Drive Unit... read more

1,500 bed German Transplant Hospital to be Certified to Implant
the CardioWest™ temporary Total Artificial Heart (TAH-t)

June 22, 2006

On Thursday and Friday, June 29 and 30th senior cardiac surgeon, Dr. Christof Schmid, and members of his cardiac transplant team from the University of Muenster... read more

CardioWest™ temporary Total Artificial Heart Newest Option
for Patients Awaiting Transplant

June 8, 2006

Ohio State University Medical Center has joined a handful of institutions worldwide certified to implant a federally approved temporary artificial heart in patients awaiting a heart transplant... read more

SynCardia's Chairman Dr. Marvin J. Slepian Honored
for Contributions to Health Field

May 25, 2006

Tucson Cardiologist, Dr. Marvin J. Slepian, has been chosen to receive one of three 2006 University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Distinguished Alumni Awards... read more

Patients in Europe Can Now Recover at Home
with CardioWest™ temporary Total Artificial Heart (TAH-t)
& Newly Approved Excor TAH-t Portable Driver

May 16, 2006

Berlin Heart AG, maker of the EXCOR® Ventricular Assist Devices for children and adults, has received the CE Mark... read more

CardioWest™ Double Header Training at UMC

April 18, 2006

On Thursday and Friday, April 20 and 21, cardiovascular surgeon Benjamin Sun, M.D. of Ohio State University Ross Heart Hospital... read more

VCU Medical Center Team Implants CardioWest™
temporary Total Artificial Heart

April 4, 2006

A cardiac surgery team at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Pauley Heart Center has performed the first artificial heart implant on the East Coast... read more

Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center To Become 13th Certified Hospital to Implant CardioWest™ temporary Total Artificial Heart (TAH-t)

March 17, 2006

Renowned cardiac surgeon, Walter Pae, M.D., and seven members of his heart transplant team from Penn State. Hershey Medical Center... read more

Ranked 18th on U.S. News Best Heart Hospitals, U of M, to become 12th Center Certified to Implant CardioWest™ temporary Total Artificial Heart

March 6, 2006

Internationally respected cardiac surgeon, Francis D. Pagani, M.D., and seven members of his heart transplant team from The University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center... read more

CardioWest™ Temporary Total Artificial Heart to Expand from 9 to 28 Transplant Hospitals Worldwide in 2006

Feb. 21, 2006

Rodger Ford, CEO of SynCardia Systems Inc., told stockholders at the Tucson-based company’s annual meeting... read more

New SynCardia Systems Senior Management Team Leads Company
with Expansion Plans for 2006

Jan. 3, 2006

Tucson based SynCardia Systems, Inc., a privately held developer of biomechanical cardiac replacement and mechanical circulatory support devices... read more