• Highest bridge to human heart transplant rate of any heart device, 79%*
  • Over 950 implants account for more than 230 patient years on the Total Artificial Heart

Patient Stories

Giuseppe Nicotera

Giuseppe Nicotera

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Age: 38 (at implant)
Diagnosis: Dilated cardiomyopathy
SynCardia Total Artificial Heart implant: Nov. 13, 2008
Transplant date: Feb. 23, 2011
Time on SynCardia's Total Artificial Heart: 832 days
Residence: Rome, Italy
Hospital:
San Camillo Hospital
Surgeon(s): Prof. Francesco Musumeci, Dr. Antonio Loforte

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Greg Michels

Greg Michels

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

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Greg Michels

Bobby Dhawan

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Age: 48 (at implant)
Diagnosis: Dilated cardiomyopathy
SynCardia Total Artificial Heart implant: Dec. 5, 2007
Transplant date: Aug. 11, 2009
Time on SynCardia's Total Artificial Heart: 615 days
Residence: Geisenheim, Germany
Hospital: Heart & Diabetes Center NRW
Surgeon: Dr. Michiel Morshuis

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Jim Hennigan

Jim Hennigan

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

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Chuck Besen

Chuck Besen

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

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Jim Fijalkovich

Jim Fijalkovich

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

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Andrzej Bielak

Andrzej Bielak

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

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Vanessa Cirillo

Vanessa Cirillo

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

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Clifton Green

Clifton Green

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

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Henno Thrun

Henno Thrun

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

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Ernesto Gonzalez

Ernesto Gonzalez

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

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Bill Wohl

Bill Wohl

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Age: 52 (at implant)
Diagnosis: Ischemic cardiomyopathy
SynCardia Total Artificial Heart implant: Sept. 16, 1999
Transplant date: Feb. 22, 2000
Time on SynCardia's Total Artificial Heart: 159 days
Residence: Scottsdale, Arizona
Hospital: University Medical Center
Surgeon: Dr. Jack Copeland

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

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