Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) surgery is a procedure to place a durable mechanical heart pump into a poorly functioning heart. LVADs help your heart’s lower left chamber (ventricle) pump blood ...

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 ...

a blood pump a computer, called a controller, and a power supply that remains outside of the body. This equipment connects to the LVAD via a series of wires. The series of wires is called a driveline.

Researchers from the University of South Florida developed a novel ventricular assist device that is placed directly inside a failing ventricular cavity to help it pump blood correctly again. This ...

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To review the specific management of every available VAD, each with their own control device, alarm variables and usage instructions, is beyond the scope of this review. However, the general ...

In two interim analyses of this trial, patients with advanced heart failure who were treated with a fully magnetically levitated centrifugal-flow left ventricular assist device were less likely to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An AI-powered device to identify low left ventricular ejection fraction in patients at risk for HF gained 510(k) ...

The lead-I electrocardiogram (ECG) devices were assessed when they were used in addition to 12‑lead ECGs. Clinical experts advised that a 12‑lead ECG would still be used after lead-I ECGs to identify ...