PMID: 616280Nov 1, 1977Paper

Implantation of the total artificial heart by lateral thoracotomy

Artificial Organs
D B OlsenW J Kolff

Abstract

Progress in the techniques for surgical implantation of the artificial heart has progressed in parallel with the technology and design of the prosthesis. In the author's first experience with total artificial heart (TAH) implantation (1968) a trans-sternal split was used opening the sixth intercostal space on the right side across the sternum to the left space. This obviously was not the optimum approach but the complexity, design and size of the prosthesis required maximum exposure of the atria and great vessels. Subsequently the mid-sternal split incision was used. The Dacron fibril coated silicone rubber 8 cm Kwan-Gett ventricles implanted by the mid-sternal split sustained a calf for 14 days in 1972. A calf with the improved Jarvik 3 ventricles fabricated with the same material and implanted via mid-sternal split survived 19 days in early 1973. The surgical techniques for lateral (right) thoracotomy were adopted in this laboratory in 1973. These techniques were applicable only when the prosthesis fit better in the chest. This procedure has been adopted by other laboratories replacing the natural heart of the calf with a TAH. This report describes in detail the stepwise procedure for implantation of the total artificial hear...Continue Reading

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Dec 1, 1974·Annals of Biomedical Engineering·R JarvikW J Kolff
Oct 1, 1974·Annals of Surgery·W S PierceJ A Waldhausen
Jan 1, 1973·Transactions - American Society for Artificial Internal Organs·Y KitoT Akutsu
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Jan 1, 1973·Transactions - American Society for Artificial Internal Organs·D OlsenW J Kolff
Feb 1, 1969·The Journal of Surgical Research·W J DonawickA E Baue

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Mar 1, 1987·Journal of Cardiac Surgery·M M Levinson, J G Copeland
Aug 1, 1993·Artificial Organs·K D MurrayP D Myerowitz
Mar 22, 2002·The International Journal of Artificial Organs·W G KimH S Cho
Dec 20, 2015·Artificial Organs·Jamshid H KarimovKiyotaka Fukamachi
Feb 24, 2019·Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering·Eleonora Dal SassoLaura Iop
Aug 1, 1992·Artificial Organs·B Y ChiangF Mohammad
Oct 1, 1988·Artificial Organs·D WurzelW J Kolff

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