• Highest bridge to human heart transplant rate of any heart device, 79%*
  • Over 800 implants account for more than 180 patient years on the Total Artificial Heart

Patient Stories

Chuck Besen

 

Chuck Besen

 

Age: 45 (at implant)
Diagnosis: Valvular cardiomyopathy
Implant date: Oct. 22, 2008
Transplant date: March 27, 2009
Time on the Total: 156 days
Residence: Las Vegas, Nevada
Hospital: University Medical Center
Surgeon: Dr. Jack Copeland

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Andrzej Bielak

 

Andrzej Bielak

 

Age: 49 (at implant)
Diagnosis: Dilated and ischemic cardiomyopathy
Implant date: Nov. 24, 2006
Transplant date: May 21, 2008
Time on the Total: 544 days
Residence: Backnang, Germany
Hospital: Heart & Diabetes Center NRW
Surgeon: Drs. Latif Arusoglu & Michiel Morshuis

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Vanessa Cirillo

 

Vanessa Cirillo

 

Age: 27 (at implant)
Diagnosis: Dilated idiopathic cardiomyopathy
Implant date: Aug. 10, 2007
Transplant date: Nov. 24, 2007
Time on the Total: 106 days
Residence: Tucson, Arizona
Hospital: University Medical Center
Surgeon: Dr. Jack Copeland

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Jim Fijalkovich

 

Jim Fijalkovich

 

Age: 40 (at implant)
Diagnosis: Dilated cardiomyopathy
Implant date: May 26, 2008
Transplant date: July 24, 2008
Time on the Total: 59 days
Residence: Ravenna, Ohio
Hospital: Cleveland Clinic
Surgeon: Dr. Nicholas Smedira

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Ernesto Gonzalez

 

Ernesto Gonzalez

 

Age: 23 (at implant)
Diagnosis: Dilated cardiomyopathy
Implant date: Nov. 11, 2006
Transplant date: Dec. 7, 2006
Time on the Total: 26 days
Residence: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Hospital: Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center
Surgeon(s): Drs. Vigneshwar Kasirajan & Gundars Katlaps

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Clifton Green

 

Clifton Green

 

Age: 33 (at implant)
Diagnosis: Congenital heart defect
Implant date: Aug. 15, 2007
Transplant date: Sept. 11, 2007
Time on the Total: 27 days
Residence: Detroit, Michigan
Hospital: University of Michigan Medical Center
Surgeon: Dr. Francis Pagani

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Jim Hennigan

 

Jim Hennigan

 

Age: 43 (at implant)
Diagnosis: Acute rejection – donor human heart
Implant date: July 2, 2008
Transplant date: May 8, 2009
Time on the Total: 310 days
Residence: Levittown, Pennsylvania
Hospital: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Surgeon: Dr. Rohinton Morris

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Greg Michels

 

Greg Michels

 

Age: 40 (at implant)
Diagnosis: Dilated cardiomyopathy
Implant date: May 1, 2009
Transplant date: Aug. 21, 2009
Time on the Total: 112 days
Residence: Billings, Montana
Hospital: Intermountain Medical Center
Surgeon: Dr. Stephen Clayson

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Henno Thrun

 

Henno Thrun

 

Age: 58 (at implant)
Diagnosis: Dilated cardiomyopathy
Implant date: May 18, 2006
Transplant date: May 18, 2007
Time on the Total: 365 days
Residence: Ennepetal, Germany
Hospital: Heart & Diabetes Center NRW
Surgeon(s): Dr. Latif Arusoglu

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Bill Wohl

 

Bill Wohl

 

Age: 52 (at implant)
Diagnosis: Ischemic cardiomyopathy
Implant date: September 16, 1999
Transplant date: February 22, 2000
Time on the Total: 159 days
Residence: Scottsdale, Arizona
Hospital: University Medical Center
Surgeon: Dr. Jack Copeland

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