Total Artificial Heart Video

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A total artificial heart is a device that replaces the two lower chambers of the heart. These chambers are called ventricles. You may benefit from a total artificial heart if both of your ventricles don’t work due to end-stage heart failure.

Heart failure is a condition in which the heart is damaged or weakened and can’t pump enough blood to meet the body’s needs. “End stage” means the condition has become so severe that all treatments, except heart transplant, have failed.

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You may need a total artificial heart for one of two reasons:

To keep you alive while you wait for a heart transplant
If you’re not eligible for a heart transplant, but you have end-stage heart failure in both ventricles

Watch this video about total artificial heart and patients who have used the device.

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