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  • Highest bridge to human heart transplant rate of any heart device, 79%*
  • Over 715 implants account for more than 125 patient years on the TAH-t

  • *New England Journal of Medicine 2004; 351: 859-867

 

Inside Arizona Business with Dana Cooper
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"This week, a special edition of our show as we profile SynCardia Systems, a small Tucson company that has become the worldwide leader in its industry, the manufacture of artificial hearts..."


KUAT Arizona Illustrated
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"Except for the occasional cold, 28-year-old Vanessa Cirillo had never been sick a day in her life. But in 2000, a virus had attacked her heart, causing a very serious condition. Still she managed to function fairly well. But last year, that all changed and she was admitted to University Medical Center where she received an artificial heart…"

Pam White has the story.


Intro to Heart Failure and the CardioWest Artificial Heart
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Learn about the subject of heart failure and the role of the CardioWest artificial heart.


Artificial Heart Implant Surgery

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Prof. Roland Hetzer, M.D., chairman of the German Heart Institute Berlin, implants a CardioWest™ temporary Total Artificial Heart into 62-year-old patient Siegfried Streiter.

SynCardia's director's cut (2:02) is almost four times longer than the original 35-second video, featured on National Geographic Magazine’s web site. The director's cut allows viewers to see more of how this life-saving surgery is performed.

Photographer: Robert Clark


CardioWest Patients on the Portable Discharge Driver in Europe
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See four patients enjoying life with their partners and friends in Bad Oeynhausen, Germany. There is no audio for this video.

 


 


A Change of Heart
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A CardioWest TAH-t patient talks about his life, what it was like to be on an artificial heart and his hopes after transplant.

 


Matters of the Heart
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A multimedia presentation of the National Geographic February 2007 issue, featuring the CardioWest™ temporary Total Artificial Heart.

 

   

Channel 5 NBC - Salt Lake City - November 30, 2007
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Scientists and students are paying tribute to Barney Clark who, on this night 25 years ago, was about to be implanted with the world's first permanent artificial heart…

 

Channel 5 NBC - Salt Lake City - November 26, 2007
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The total artificial heart is coming back to Utah. Twenty-five years ago this week Barney Clark was the first patient to get one. Twelve years ago at LDS Hospital, a second implant. Now, the beat goes on!

 

Channel 10 Fox - Phoenix - September 21, 2007
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Fox 10's Diane Ryan has the story of a grandmother from Gilbert, who, in the span of one week, had 3 different hearts keeping her alive.

 

Channel 29 Fox - February 19, 2007
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An Ambler man received the first temporary Total  Artificial  Heart. The two major pumping chambers of 46-year-old Gary Onufer's heart had failed and the former fitness instructor was near death. Doctors gave him this device to keep him alive. Dr. Brian McDonough reports...

Channel 6 ABC - February 19, 2007
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A 46-year-old former fitness instructor has become first in the Northeast region to receive the Total Artificial Heart to keep him alive until a heart transplant.

Channel 3 CBS - February 19, 2007
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Medical reporter Stephanie Stahl reports on a medical breakthrough being done in Philadelphia for the first time in the Northeast that is saving the life of a former fitness instructor.

KUAT Arizona Illustrated - February 19, 2007
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Co-founder and cardiologist, Dr. Marvin Slepian, discusses the business side of the CardioWest artificial heart.

KUAT Arizona Illustrated - February 14, 2007
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The CardioWest artificial heart is manufactured in Tucson.

Inside Arizona Business - February 11, 2007
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Co-founder and biomedical engineer, Richard G. Smith.

Inside Arizona Business - August 20, 2006
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Dr. Marvin Slepian, SynCardia Systems co-founder and chairman, discusses the development of the CardioWest™ artificial heart .

KUAT Arizona Illustrated - May 1, 2006
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Dr. Jack Copeland, SynCardia Systems co-founder and TAH-t surgeon, speaks about the CardioWest™ artificial heart development and training program at UMC.

FOX TV - "The Gift Of Life... And Then Some"
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This Emmy Award-winning feature highlights the story of Bill Wohl,
CardioWest™ artificial heart recipient and transplant games athlete.

   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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