A protocol for transitioning patients with heart failure and a left ventricular assist device to a stepdown unit from the ICU ...

India plans to develop cost-effective left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) to aid end-stage heart failure patients while ...

The HeartMate II is currently the only continuous-flow left-ventricular assist device (LVAD) approved by the FDA for both bridge-to-transplantation and destination therapy. Because of its ...

The development of left ventricular assist devices could be considered an 'imaginative leap'. In the current phase of critical evaluation of these devices, a study of patients who received first ...

The life-saving medical device is an LVAD — a Left Ventricular Assist Device — which keeps her heart pumping. Sofia, who grew up in Martha's Vineyard and now lives in Boston, explains that an ...

The program helps patients with end-stage heart failure get left ventricular assist devices, commonly known as LVADs. The mechanical pump is surgically implanted and is often used as a bridge for ...

Cardiac surgeons and heart failure specialists at Michigan Medicine are testing a new left ventricular assist device developed by BrioHealth Solutions called BrioVAD. The trial, known as the INNOVATE ...

Tecarfarin received Orphan Drug designation (ODD) for advanced heart failure patients with implanted left ventricular assist devices (LVADs). The Company also received ODD and fast-track status ...

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