Connie Bowling, a 75-year-old deaf patient from Forsyth County, received a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) in March ...

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 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 ...

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

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 ...

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

True ventricular assist devices (VADs ... priming volume and low requirements for heparin and hemolysis, adequate left ventricular decompression can be achieved, transport is easy and costs ...