New concepts in device therapy for advanced heart failure presented in early reports ...

A continuous-flow left ventricular assist device (LVAD) improved survival free from disabling stroke compared with a pulsatile LVAD, when used as destination therapy over a 2-year period in patients ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A new generation of implanted devices that help a failing heart function properly is significantly more effective than the previous version, making these new devices an appropriate ...

This section describes efficacy outcomes from the published literature that the Committee considered as part of the evidence about this procedure. For more detailed information on the evidence, see ...

Researchers from the University of South Florida developed a novel ventricular assist device that is placed directly inside a failing ventricular cavity to help it pump blood correctly again. This ...

Ventricular assist devices are mechanical pumps that take over the function of the damaged ventricle in order to re-establish normal hemodynamics and end-organ blood flow. In addition, VADs unload the ...

Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med. 2006;3(7):377-386. Special silicone cannulae connect the blood pumps to the body (Figure 2). These cannulae are anastomosed to the right atrium and pulmonary artery for ...

DALLAS, Sept. 17 – Injecting a clot-buster unclogged a mechanical heart pump, restoring blood flow, according to a study in today's special surgery issue of Circulation: Journal of the American Heart ...

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