A ventricular assist device (VAD) is a treatment option for people with stage D heart failure. It is a mechanical pump that ...

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

Some patients with advanced heart failure can benefit from the support of a continuous-flow left ventricular assist device ...

could not demonstrate a high rate of weaning from the device. These experiences may help to establish theoretical as well as practical limits to the extent and sustainability of LVAD-induced ...

True ventricular assist devices (VADs) qualify for long-term application ... At our institution, VAD use lasting from several days to 14 months in 70 infants and children with myocarditis and ...

Ventricular Assist Devices (VADs) are mechanical heart pumps ... and where the device was tested and developed. For example, a VAD that the FDA has approved could be distributed in the US ...

Some patients with advanced heart failure can benefit from the support of a continuous-flow left ventricular assist device ...

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.

Several dozen people gathered at Clovis Community Medical Center to celebrate patients living with a Left Ventricular Assist ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - ECU Health’s Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) program has officially served the Eastern Carolina community for seven years. “I never thought I’d probably hit seven ...

“The LVAD program, LVAD stands for Ventricular Assist Device,” Chief of Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology at ECU Health Dr. Emil Missov said. “It is an important tool that we ...