In a significant medical advancement for the state, Oklahoma Children’s Hospital OU Health has successfully implanted two ...

At the largest hospital in Brooklyn, doctors are working to address disparities for patients facing advanced heart failure.

A total artificial heart implantation may be suggested in the event of LVAD failure. Learn what the SynCardia mechanical device could do for heart failure.

Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med. 2006;3(7):346-347. Since the first widespread clinical application of left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) for patients with end-stage heart failure in the ...

Other heart pumps, such as the left ventricular assist device (LVAD), can support a damaged ventricle (typically the left ventricle). In contrast, the total artificial heart is designed to replace ...

AngioDynamics announced today that it launched a new trial evaluating its AlphaVac F18 system in treating pulmonary embolism ...

The HeartMate VE Left Ventricular Assist Device (vented electric abdominally positioned pulsatile blood pump; Thoratec Corp., Pleasanton, CA), approved as a permanent support, or destination ...

The company’s RECOVER-AV trial is intended to further the adoption of its AlphaVac F1885 system in the European market.

My condition was severe enough to warrant getting an LVAD (left ventricular assist device), which is basically a pump that’s ...