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

Figure 2: Different types and sizes of ventricular assist device cannulae. The pumps are driven by a pulsatile electropneumatic system and all blood-contacting surfaces are heparin-coated ...

A ventricular assist device (VAD) helps pump blood from your heart to the rest of your body. It’s used when your heart is not able to pump enough blood on its own. The device consists of a pump, tubes ...

Revolutionary balloon and stent procedure reduces recovery time from weeks to days, transforming treatment for patients with mechanical heart pumps.

Supira Medical has raised $120 million to complete the clinical development of its temporary heart pump, designed for ...

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 ...

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

Supira Medical announced today that it completed an oversubscribed Series E financing round, bringing in $120 million.

A protocol for transitioning patients with heart failure and a left ventricular assist device to a stepdown unit from the ICU is more cost effective, among other advantages.

The influence of preoperative use of ventricular assist devices on survival after heart transplantation: propensity score matched analysis. BMJ 340 , c392 (2010).

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - ECU Health’s Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) program has officially served the Eastern Carolina ...