02 August 2011

SYNCARDIA SYSTEMS Inc. TUCZON, ARIZONA

SynCardia Certified Centers

The SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart is instantly available off the hospital shelf at the following SynCardia Certified Centers. To become a Certified Center, hospitals must apply for and complete a rigorous, four-phase certification program, including the first proctored implant by an experienced Total Artificial Heart surgeon.
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Asia:

St. Vincent's Hospital

Sydney | Australia
Surgeon(s): Dr. Phillip Spratt, Dr. Paul Jansz
Website

Europe:

Allgemeines Krankenhaus Wien (Vienna General Hospital)

Vienna | Austria
Surgeon(s): Prof. Georg Wieselthaler, Prof. Gunther Laufer
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North America:

Montreal Heart Institute

Quebec | Canada
Surgeon(s): Dr. Michel Carrier
Website

Medizinischen Universität Innsbruck
(University Hospital Innsbruck)

Innsbruck | Austria
Surgeon(s): Dr. Herwig Antretter
Dr. Daniel Hoefer
Website

Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center

Milwaukee, WI | United States
Surgeon(s): Dr. Alfred Tector,
Dr. Michael Savitt, Dr. Frank Downey
Website

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes
(University Hospital of Nantes)

Nantes | France
Surgeon(s): Prof. Daniel Duveau, Dr. Ousama Al Habash,
Dr. Jean Christian Roussel
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Barnes Jewish Hospital at Washington University

St. Louis, MO | United States
Surgeon(s): Dr. I-wen Wang
Website

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire
de Rouen

Rouen | France
Surgeon(s): Dr. Pierre-Yves Litzler
Website

Cleveland Clinic Heart and Vascular Institute

Cleveland, OH | United States
Surgeon(s): Dr. Nicholas Smedira,
Dr. Gonzalo Gonzalez-Stawinski
Website

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire
et Régional de Tours (CHRU Tours)

Tours | France
Surgeon(s): Prof. Michel R. Aupart
Website

Columbia/New-York Presbyterian

New York, NY | United States
Surgeon(s): Dr. Yoshifumi Naka
Website

Over 200 SynCardia Total Artificial Heart Implants

Groupe Hospitalier La Pitié-Salpêtrière

Paris | France
Surgeon(s): Prof. Alain Pavie,
Prof. Pascal Leprince
Website

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA | United States
Surgeon(s): Dr. Michael Acker, Dr. Y. Joseph Woo
Website

Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin (German Heart Institute Berlin)

Berlin | Germany
Surgeon(s): Prof. Roland Hetzer, Dr. Alexander Stepanenko,
Dr. Thomas Krabatsch
Website

INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center

Oklahoma City, OK| United States
Surgeon(s): Dr. James Long
Website

EJK Duisburg

Duisburg | Germany
Surgeon(s): Prof. Reiner Koerfer, Prof. Dr. Gero Tenderich

Website

Intermountain Medical Center

Salt Lake City, UT | United States
Surgeon(s): Dr. Stephen Clayson
Website

Herz-und Diabeteszentrum Nordrhein Westfalen (Heart and Diabetes Center NRW)

Bad Oeynhausen | Germany
Surgeon(s): Dr. Latif Arusoglu,
Dr. Michiel Morshuis,
Prof. Jan F. Gummert,
Dr. Kavous Hakim-Meibodi
Website

Mayo Clinic Arizona

Scottsdale/Phoenix, AZ | United States
Surgeon(s): Dr. Francisco Arabia, Dr. Dawn Jaroszewski,
Dr. Patrick DeValeria
Website

Herzzentrum Leipzig GmbH Universitaetsklinik

Leipzig | Germany
Surgeon(s): Dr. F.W. Mohr, Prof. Hartmuth Bruno Bittner
Website

Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center

Houston, TX | United States
Surgeon(s): Dr. Matthias Loebe
Website

Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover
(Hannover Medical School)

Hannover | Germany
Surgeon(s): Prof. Dr. Martin Strüber, Frau Dr. Anna Meyer,
Prof. Axel Haverich
Website

Ohio State University, Ross Heart Hospital

Columbus, OH | United States
Surgeon(s): Dr. Robert S.D. Higgins, Dr. C.B. Sai-Sudhakar
Website

Universitätsklinikum Erlangen (University Hospital Erlangen)

Erlangen/Nuremburg | Germany
Surgeon(s): Dr. Rene Tandler, Dr. Michael Weyand
Website

Penn State Hershey Medical Center

Hershey, PA | United States
Surgeon(s): Dr. Walter Pae, Dr. Edward Stephenson
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Universitätsklinikum Freiburg (University Hospital of Freiburg)

Freiburg | Germany
Surgeon(s): Dr. Friedhelm Beyersdorf, Dr. Christian Schlensak
Website

Texas Children's Hospital

Houston, TX | United States
Surgeon(s): Dr. David L.S. Morales
Website

Universitätsklinikum Köln (University Hospital of Cologne)

Cologne | Germany
Surgeon(s): Dr. Thorsten Wahlers, Dr. Thorsten Wittwer
Website

Texas Heart Institute

Houston, TX | United States
Surgeon(s): Dr. Igor Gregoric
Website

Universitätsklinikum Münster (University Hospital of Muenster)

Munster | Germany
Surgeon(s): Prof. Dr. Hans Scheld, Prof. Dr. T.D.T. Tjan,
PD Dr. med. Andreas Hoffmeier
Website

University of California, San Diego

La Jolla, CA | United States
Surgeon(s): Dr. Stuart Jaimeson, Dr. Jack Copeland
Website

Papworth Hospital

Cambridge | Great Britain
Surgeon(s): Dr. Steven Tsui, Dr. John Dunning
Website

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

Iowa City, IA | United States
Surgeon(s): Dr. James Davis
Website

Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova

Padova | Italy
Surgeon(s): Prof. Gino Gerosa, Dr. Antonio Gambino,
Dr. Roberto Bianco
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University Medical Center

Tucson, AZ | United States
Surgeon(s): Dr. M. Cristina Smith
Website

Azienda Ospedaliera San Camillo Forlanini

Rome | Italy
Surgeon(s): Prof. Francesco Musumeci, Dr. Antonio Loforte
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University of Maryland Medical Center

Baltimore, MD | United States
Surgeon(s): Dr. Bartley Griffith, Dr. Sina L. Moainie
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Hospital of Kaunas University of Medicine (HKUM)

Kaunas | Lithuania
Surgeon(s): Prof. Dr. Rimantas Benetis,
Dr. Algimantas Busrikis
Website

University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center

Ann Arbor, MI | United States
Surgeon(s): Dr. Francis Pagani, Dr. Jonathan Haft
Website

Sahlgrenska Universitetssjukhuset
(Sahlgrenska University Hospital)

Gothenburg | Sweden
Surgeon(s): Dr. Lars Wiklund, Dr. Ulf Kjellman
Website

USC University Hospital

Los Angeles, CA | United States
Surgeon(s): Dr. Michael Bowdish
Website

Bakoulev Scientific Center for Cardiovascular Surgery

Moscow | Russia
Surgeon(s): Prof. Leo Bockeria, Dr. Konstantin Shatalov
Website

Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center

Richmond, VA | United States
Surgeon(s): Dr. Vigneshwar Kasirajan, Dr. Gundars Katlaps
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Ege University

Izmir | Turkey
Surgeon(s): Prof. Dr. Mustafa Ozbaran,
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tahir Yagdi,
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cagatay Engin
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Florence Nightingale Hospital

Istanbul | Turkey
Surgeon(s): Prof. Dr. Suha Kucukaksu, Dr. Erman Pektok
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01 August 2011

PREVALENCE PRIMARY ALDOSTERONE TUMOUR

J.Clin.Endo.& Metabolism 2004

Increased Diagnosis of Primary Aldosteronism, Including Surgically Correctable Forms, in Centers from Five Continents

- Author Affiliations

Hypertension Unit (P.M., F.V.), Department of Medicine and Experimental Oncology, University of Torino, 10133 Torino, Italy; Hypertension Unit (M.S., R.D.G.), Department of Medicine, University of Queensland, Princess Alexandra and Greenslopes Hospitals, Brisbane, Australia 4212; Endocrine Unit (K.-C. L.), Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Republic of Singapore 308433; Department of Endocrinology (C.E.F., L.M.), Faculty of Medicine, P. Universidad Catòlica de Chile, 114D Santiago, Chile; Division of Endocrinology (C.E.G.-S.), University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi 39216; and Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, Nutrition, and Internal Medicine (W.F.Y.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905

Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: Dr. Paolo Mulatero, Hypertension Unit, San Vito Hospital, Strada San Vito 34, 10133 Torino, Italy. E-mail: paolo.mulatero@libero.it.

Abstract

Primary aldosteronism (PA) is a common form of endocrine hypertension previously believed to account for less than 1% of hypertensive patients. Hypokalemia was considered a prerequisite for pursuing diagnostic tests for PA. Recent studies applying the plasma aldosterone/plasma renin activity ratio (ARR) as a screening test have reported a higher prevalence. This study is a retrospective evaluation of the diagnosis of PA from clinical centers in five continents before and after the widespread use of the ARR as a screening test. The application of this strategy to a greater number of hypertensives led to a 5- to 15-fold increase in the identification of patients affected by PA. Only a small proportion of patients (between 9 and 37%) were hypokalemic. The annual detection rate of aldosterone-producing adenoma (APA) increased in all centers (by 1.3–6.3 times) after the wide application of ARR. Aldosterone-producing adenomas constituted a much higher proportion of patients with PA in the four centers that employed adrenal venous sampling (28–50%) than in the center that did not (9%). In conclusion, the wide use of the ARR as a screening test in hypertensive patients led to a marked increase in the detection rate of PA.

Received August 1, 2003.