Long-Term Survival in a Young Adult with Total Artificial Heart: A Success Story

We presented here the result of a successful surgical treatment of 16 years old male diagnosed as dilated cardiomyopathy with the history of siblings’ early sudden death at the age of fifteen. The patient had to underwent total artificial heart implantation (TAH-T), (SynCardia) operation due to rapid biventricular detoriation and intracardiac trombus formation after his admittance to the ward. Due to lack of donor in the region he had to wait for long time with accurate anticoagulation and no serious complication during this long follow up period. He lived with TAH-T implantation both in the hospital and at home later was transplanted successfuly after 32 months. The patient is now activly working at a private company in NYHA Class 0 status. We have published this case due to its rarity in a young adult begins in childhood and longevity of the survival without any complication in TAH-T.