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Picard Medical / SynCardia Highlights Total Artificial Heart Bridge to Transplant Case at Texas Children's Hospital
SynCardia Total Artificial Heart supports patient through complex re-transplant journeyTUCSON, Ariz., April 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Picard Medical, Inc. (NYSE American: PMI) (“Picard Medical” or the “Company”), parent company of SynCardia Systems, LLC, maker of the world’s first total artificial heart approved by both the U.S. FDA and Health Canada, today highlighted the successful use of the SynCardia Total Artificial Heart (“STAH”) as a bridge to heart transplantation at Texas Children’s
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