By: Keyur B. Shah, M.D.; Daniel P. Tang, M.D.; Michael Hess, M.D; and Vigneshwar Kasirajan, M.D. Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va., Advanced Heart Failure and Mechanical Circulatory Support Program
The practicality and expense of maintaining patients on total artificial hearts (TAH) may be significantly impacted with the introduction of a new, investigational portable driver unit. The 13pound unit driver is intended to replace the previous 418pound driver, which will allow eligible patients to be discharged to wait for a transplant heart at home, rather than in a hospital.
The Challenge
The rapidly increasing burden of patients with advanced
The practicality and expense of maintaining patients on total artificial hearts (TAH) may be significantly impacted with the introduction of a new, investigational portable driver unit. The 13pound unit driver is intended to replace the previous 418pound driver, which will allow eligible patients to be discharged to wait for a transplant heart at home, rather than in a hospital.
The Challenge
The rapidly increasing burden of patients with advanced
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