Carmat SA announced the first implant of the Aeson? artificial heart in The Netherlands. The implant procedure was performed by the Heart Team led by Dr. Faiz Z. Ramjankhan and Dr. Niels P. van der Kaaij, Cardiothoracic surgeons, and Dr. Linda W. van Laake, heart failure Cardiologist, at the University Medical Center (UMC) Utrecht, The Netherlands. The implant took place in the frame of the European PIVOTAL Study. It was the first time ever that a total artificial heart was implanted in The Netherlands. UMC Utrecht is one of the three heart transplantation centers in the country and the most experienced Mechanical Circulatory Support (MCS) center, having implanted the first MCS in the country in 1993.