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

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

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.

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 ...

A Vascular Access Device (VAD) is a medical device designed to provide access to a patient’s bloodstream for various medical treatments, procedures, and interventions. It allows healthcare ...

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 ...

"They would go into cardiac arrest and be unresuscitable." The Gaffney sisters each needed a left ventricular assist device to do the work of pumping the blood to the heart, with the hope that it ...

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

Early identification of kidney dysfunction in patients with advanced heart failure is crucial for timely interventions. In ...