Total Artificial Hearts-Past, Current, and Future

Carson S Fox; Kelli L McKenna; Paul E Allaire; Robert M Mentzer Jr; Amy L Throckmorton

doi:10.1111/jocs.12644

Total Artificial Hearts-Past, Current, and Future

J Card Surg. 2015 Nov;30(11):856-64. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12644. Epub 2015 Sep 24.

Authors

Carson S Fox¹, Kelli L McKenna¹, Paul E Allaire², Robert M Mentzer Jr^{3

4}, Amy L Throckmorton¹

Affiliations

¹ From the BioCirc Research Laboratory, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
² Rotor Bearing Solutions International, Charlottesville, Virginia.
³ Division of Cardiobiology, Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.
⁴ Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan.

PMID: 26404743
DOI: 10.1111/jocs.12644

Abstract

We present a review of the evolution of total artificial hearts (TAHs) and new directions in development, including the coupling of VADs as biventricular TAH support.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Heart Failure / therapy*
Heart, Artificial / trends*
Heart-Assist Devices / trends
Humans