Table 1.
Clinical experience with the total artificial heart (TAH) in patients in congenital heart disease.
References | Anatomy | Duration of support | Surgical considerations with TAH implantation | Outcome |
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Morales et al., 2012 | Dextrocardia, {S,L,L} ccTGA status post Rastelli with severe aortic insufficiency and obstruction of left ventricle-pulmonary artery conduit | 160 days | Separation of right and left pumps with parallel orientation | Bridged to transplantation |
Rossano et al., 2014 | Pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum status post Fontan | 61 days | Creation of “neo-right atrium” | Bridged to transplantation |
Si et al., 2015 | Dextrocardia, {S,L,L} ccTGA, ventricular septal defect, pulmonary stenosis and Ebsteinoid tricuspid valve status post Senning-Rastelli with severe tricuspid regurgitation | 8 days | Reversal of Senning | Bridged to transplantation |
ccTGA, congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries.