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 left ventricular assist device ... the external controller and power source. The pump and its connections are implanted during open-heart surgery. A computer controller, a power pack, and ...

However, if the pump stops ... the Utah Artificial Heart Team (UAHT) nurses selected a group of nurses with years of thoracic surgery ICU experience to provide care for LVAD patients.

Left ventricular (LV) reconstructive surgery is a type of ventricular ... your heart and also making it more difficult for the heart to pump blood as it should. Decreased function from heart ...

“The procedure was very fast ... Singapore (NHCS), which treats cases of blockages in mechanical heart pumps known as left ventricular assist devices (LVADs). The LVAD is attached to the ...

Supira Medical has raised $120 million to complete the clinical development of its temporary heart pump, designed for patients undergoing high-risk cardiac procedures or suffering from shock.

“The LVAD is a continuous pump that assists the heart in ... due to an extra electrical pathway in the heart. After treatment and surgery, doctors also discovered she had a weakened heart ...

For almost 10 years, Lee Wei Shiang has been running a small electrical business here to help raise his family.

"Impella is the only heart pump that can be introduced percutaneously through the leg," said O'Neill, whereas other pumps available are used only in open-heart surgery. While Impella is the first ...