Unconventional Use of Total Artificial Heart in a Patient With Severe,
Destructive Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis
Abstract
Here, we report the case of a patient who presented to our institution
with severe, destructive, and un-reconstructable prosthetic valve
endocarditis which required the planned implantation of a total
artificial heart (TAH) to function as a bridge to cardiac
transplantation.