Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVADs) are mechanical pumps used to support heart function in patients with severe heart failure. While LVAD therapy can significantly improve outcomes for these ...

A hospital in Saudi Arabia announced today that it completed the world's first robotic-assisted implantation of the Abbott ...

India's top Army hospital has successfully performed the country's first government-based LVAD implantation, akin to a ...

The research explores a novel approach to powering left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) wirelessly and offers a potential solution to one of the major drawbacks of current LVAD technology.

The FDA granted tecarfarin orphan drug designation (ODD) for heart failure patients with implanted left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) as well as both ODD and Fast Track designation for end ...

A left ventricular assist device (LVAD) is a surgically implanted cardiac assist mechanism which essentially acts mechanically like the heart. One cannula sits in the left ventricle which pulls ...

Delhi Cantt, has performed India's first-ever Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) implantation using the HeartMate 3 device ...

New Delhi: A top Army hospital in Delhi has performed India's "first-ever" left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation using a cutting-edge device at a government institution, the defence ...

Ventricular assist devices are mechanical pumps that take over the function of the damaged ventricle in order to re-establish normal hemodynamics and end-organ blood flow. In addition, VADs unload ...

Following allocation system changes in 2018, heart transplant waitlist mortality decreased in patients with LVADs.

In fact, one of the UAHT goals for the future is to include LVAD education in advanced cardiac life support or basic life support courses, just as automatic external defibrillator device education ...