SUNY Poly Assistant Professor Dr. Amit Sangwan and colleagues recently published research titled "Feasibility Testing of the ...

What are Ventricular Assist Devices? Ventricular Assist Devices (VADs) are mechanical heart pumps. 1 They use electrical and mechanical technology to support cardiac functioning by helping blood ...

Worsening heart failure threatened the travel and family time Herman Davis and his wife cherished. But for nearly 3 years, a heart pump called a VAD has given him a quality of life back.

The field of pediatric mechanical circulatory support with ventricular assist devices has lagged significantly behind that of adult patients. However, there is increasing attention on the emerging ...

One of the most established treatment methods for end-stage heart failure these days is the Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD), otherwise commonly known as an artificial heart pump. Ventrcular assist ...

They tested the device during actual heart surgery. When the polyether ether ketone plate is fastened into a circular shape, it expands to a certain size and retains its shape, securing the ...

The characteristics described in this table are general. The intra-aortic balloon pump has been excluded since to it does not generate its own volume stroke. *Clinical approval of ECMO is variable ...

The researchers behind the device see it being used as an at-home diagnostic tool. With any heart attack, time is of the essence. The quicker it’s diagnosed, the quicker blood flow is returned ...

Spotlighting the issue is a new study in the Annals of Internal Medicine looking at recalls of heart devices -- like pacemakers, stents, and defibrillators -- from 2013 to 2022. It found 157 heart ...