Abstract and Introduction Education for Treatment of LVAD Recipients Emerging Issues Surrounding LVAD Recipients Conclusion References The driveline exits the abdomen and attaches to the system ...

Patients with left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) may benefit from having their pulmonary artery (PA) pressures monitored with the CardioMEMS system (Abbott), a nonrandomized study suggests. In ...

In 2006, Steve Pitkin suffered a serious heart attack while hiking above Salt Lake City with his daughter. The main artery in Pitkin’s heart was completely blocked, leaving 70% of his left ventricle ...

BOSTON, MA—It may be possible to use a direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) in advanced heart failure (HF) patients recently implanted with a left ventricular assist device (LVAD), according to results ...

A multicenter team of researchers within the NIH-funded Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network (CTSN), led by Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, have found end-stage heart failure patients who ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. — A decision-support intervention was associated with improved decision quality among candidates for a left ventricular assist device, according to results from the DECIDE-LVAD trial.

CHICAGO – An attempt to employ stem cells to rescue patients from left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) failed to provide benefit to the patients in an National Institutes of Health-supported ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — A celebration was held Tuesday at Sentara Heart Hospital for patients with heart failure who are now living a normal life thanks to an implanted device. Not all patients with ...

In August 2016, Stephen Love, a professor of agriculture at the University of Idaho, suffered a massive heart attack. Love was photographing and collecting native wildflowers in the isolated ...

Since the first LVAD was placed in 1984, more than 6000 of the devices have been placed worldwide (O.H. Frazier, personal communication, January 2002). As LVAD therapy makes the transition from ...