UPDATE: Patient Gary Onufer received a donor heart on March 11, 2007. His recovery went well and he was discharged from the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania on March 22, 2007.

News Conference

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Press Kit

Download the full press kit, including images and animation, here (ZIP, 12.1 MB).

• Fact sheet about the CardioWest™ Total Temporary Artificial Heart
• History of the CardioWest™ Total Temporary Artificial Heart
• Biosketches for:
  • Rohinton Morris, MD, Surgical Director, Heart Transplantation and Mechanical Assist Programs
  • Michael Acker, MD, Chief, Division of Cardiac Surgery
  • Élan Howell , BSN, RN , Division of Cardiac Surgery

All documents are in PDF format; you can download Adobe Acrobat Reader here.

Animation

Images Available:

• Headshots
• Diagram and Image of the CardioWest™ Total Temporary Artificial Heart
• Photographs from the News Conference announcing the Successful Implantation of the artificial heart

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Headshots

Rohinton Morris, MD 977 x 1500 pixels, 300 DPI JPEG, 863 KB	Michael Acker, MD 180 x 271 pixels, 72 DPI GIF, 23.6 KB
Élan Howell, BSN, RN 1500 x 2100 pixels, 300 DPI JPEG, 1.54 MB

CardioWest™ Temporary Total Artificial Heart
Images Courtesy of SynCardia Systems, Inc.

Diagram of Implanted CardioWest™ Temporary Total Artificial Heart 718 x 868 pixels, 102 DPI PNG, 373 KB

Photo of CardioWest™ Temporary Total Artificial Heart 446 x 614 pixels, 150 DPI JPEG, 227 KB

News Conference: February 19, 2007
Photos by Rick Cushman

Rohinton Morris, MD, with Gary Onufer 3264 x 2448 pixels, 180 DPI JPEG, 3.67 MB

Michael Acker, MD; Rohinton Morris, MD; Gary Onufer; and Élan Howell, BSN, RN 3264 x 2448 pixels, 180 DPI JPEG, 3.34 MB

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