TUCSON, Ariz., Jan. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- SynCardia Systems, Inc. (www.syncardia.com), manufacturer of the SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart, announced today that on Dec. 29, 2011, University Medical Center (UMC) Ljubljana discharged Slovenia's first Total Artificial Heart patient, 61-year-old Nikola Gaspic, to wait for a matching ... read more

TUCSON, AZ -- (Marketwire) -- 01/11/12 -- Jack Miller, 62, is probably the only politician in America who smiles when people call him "heartless." That's because four months ago, doctors at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Medical Center in Richmond removed his dying heart and replaced it with the ... read more

TUCSON, AZ -- (Marketwire) -- 01/11/12 -- Jack Miller, 62, is probably the only politician in America who smiles when people call him "heartless." That's because four months ago, doctors at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Medical Center in Richmond removed his dying heart and replaced it with the ... read more

TUCSON, AZ -- (Marketwire) -- 11/30/11 -- SynCardia Systems, Inc. (www.syncardia.com), manufacturer of the world's only FDA, Health Canada and CE (Europe) approved Total Artificial Heart, announced today it has formed SynCardia Systems Europe GmbH in Bad Oeynhausen, Germany, to address growing demand for the SynCardia temporary Total Artificial ... read more

TUCSON, AZ -- (Marketwire) -- 11/10/11 -- In the November issue of The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation (JHLT), Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Medical Center in Richmond published the first findings demonstrating that physical exercise and measurable rehabilitation are feasible with the SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart. ... read more

TUCSON, AZ -- (Marketwire) -- 10/18/11 -- On Oct. 13, SynCardia Systems, Inc. (www.syncardia.com), manufacturer of the world's only FDA, Health Canada and CE approved Total Artificial Heart, was named "Arizona Bioscience Company of the Year" by the Arizona BioIndustry Association (AZBio). "The Arizona Bioscience Company of the Year ... read more

TUCSON, Ariz., Sept. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In May 2011, Omer Bayrak made headlines when he became the first patient in Turkey to be discharged from the hospital using the Freedom® portable driver to power his SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart. Since returning home to wait for a matching donor ... read more

TUCSON, Ariz., Sept. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- SynCardia Systems, Inc. (www.syncardia.com), manufacturer of the SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart, announced today that University Hospital of Nantes successfully transplanted 51-year-old Total Artificial Heart patient Louise Mouche after 177 days of support. Mrs. Mouche is a French gypsy who lives with a ... read more

TUCSON, Ariz., Sept. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- SynCardia Systems, Inc. (www.syncardia.com), manufacturer of the SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart, announced today that Texas Children's Hospital in Houston has discharged its first pediatric Total Artificial Heart patient to wait for a matching donor heart at home. On Aug. 31, 18-year-old Jordan ... read more

TUCSON, Ariz., Aug. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- SynCardia Systems, Inc. (www.syncardia.com), manufacturer of the SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart, announced today that it has launched company pages on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn in order to educate a larger audience about the world's only FDA, Health Canada and CE (Europe) approved ... read more

TUCSON, Ariz., Aug. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- SynCardia Systems, Inc. (www.syncardia.com), manufacturer of the SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart, announced today that University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics has discharged the first Total Artificial Heart patient in the Midwest to wait for a matching donor heart at home using a ... read more

TUCSON, Ariz., Aug. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- SynCardia Systems, Inc. (www.syncardia.com), manufacturer of the SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart, announced today that University of Muenster in Germany has successfully bridged its first patient to transplant with the Total Artificial Heart after 89 days of support. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110817/LA53549) On Jan. 14, 60-year-old Jan ... read more

TUCSON, AZ -- (Marketwire) -- 06/30/11 -- On June 14, Marvin J. Slepian, M.D., Professor of Medicine (Cardiology and Biomedical Engineering) at the University of Arizona and co-founder and chairman of SynCardia Systems, Inc. (www.syncardia.com), presented on the SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart during his keynote address at ... read more

TUCSON, AZ -- (Marketwire) -- 06/09/11 -- SynCardia Systems, Inc., manufacturer of the SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart, announced today that during the past year, 40 hospitals have enrolled in SynCardia's Certification Program to implant the world's only FDA, Health Canada and CE approved Total Artificial Heart. SynCardia is ... read more

TUCSON, AZ -- (Marketwire) -- 06/02/11 -- In 1992, Army veteran Margaret Daugherty, then 22, was blessed with a donor heart. Following the transplant, she was able to return to a normal, healthy life for 18½ years. However, in December 2010, Margaret was admitted to the local VA ... read more

TUCSON, AZ -- (Marketwire) -- 05/24/11 -- SynCardia Systems, Inc., manufacturer of the SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart, announced today that the Bakoulev Scientific Center for Cardiovascular Surgery (BSCCS) in Moscow successfully bridged Russia's first Total Artificial Heart patient to transplant after 238 days of support. "The Total Artificial ... read more

TUCSON, AZ -- (Marketwire) -- 04/28/11 -- On April 13, SynCardia Systems, Inc., manufacturer of the SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart, presented awards to seven SynCardia Certified Centers during its Clinical Investigator meeting in San Diego for its FDA-approved Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) clinical study of the Freedom® ... read more

TUCSON, AZ -- (Marketwire) -- 04/21/11 -- On April 2, San Camillo Hospital in Rome discharged its first patient to be bridged to transplant with SynCardia's Total Artificial Heart. On Feb. 23, after 832 days of life with the Total Artificial Heart, Giuseppe Nicotera received the heart transplant ... read more

TUCSON, AZ -- (Marketwire) -- 04/05/11 -- On March 21, Florence Nightingale Hospital in Istanbul, Turkey, performed its first implant of SynCardia's Total Artificial Heart. "This was the ideal device for our patient," said implanting surgeon Prof. Dr. Deniz Suha Kucukaksu. "Now he can be bridged to cardiac transplantation ... read more