The first Slovak patient with an artificial heart recovers after transplantation



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The operation lasted more than two hours

9. July 2018 at 14h56 TASR

BRATISLAVA. At the National Institute of Heart and Cardiovascular Disease (NÚSCH) in Bratislava, the first Slovak patient with artificial heart underwent a transplant

An operation lasting more than two hours was successful and the patient quickly recovered .


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Refused in domestic treatment

NÚSCH, as the first workplace in Central Europe, launched the program "SynCardia TAH – Total Artificial Heart" , in which in November 2017, they implanted the artificial heart to the first Slovak patient

Jozef de Topolčian, 44, was released at home in January, allowing the connection of the compressor of the hospital to the so-called domestic propulsion

six pounds that he still carried on his back. With the compressor at home, the patient was able to lead an almost normal life

"After leaving home treatment, Jozef remained on the card waiting for a heart transplant and now he is already at the home and feels good. "

The TAH is the only device for the total replacement of the heart, it is in Germany

The TAH is the only device for the total replacement of the heart, it is only one patient can have it

After a donor's heart transplant, it is artificial to return to the United States to examine the heart of the heart after using the patient's chest and to cope with any shortcomings

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