"It Works." Every heart transplant program should have one.

The total artificial heart (TAH) provides full biventricular cardiac replacement, pulsatile perfusion at flows of 7-9 L/min at low filling pressures. This allows organs that are failing to recover and for the potential cardiac recipient to become a better transplant candidate. Postimplant patients are mobile and able to go through physical rehabilitation in a hospital or at home. The risks are acceptable as shown by the authors. TAH use in more transplant centers could save lives in many transplant candidates.