New concepts in device therapy for advanced heart failure presented in early reports ...

The findings suggest clinicians don’t need to be as aggressive in lowering BP in this population, at least early after ...

Abbott Laboratories said late-breaking clinical trial data from its MOMENTUM 3 clinical study shows its HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) has improved survival and lowered rates of ...

NATIONAL HARBOR, MD — Even Thoratec's HeartMate II left ventricular assist device (LVAD), which had been something of a hit with Dick Cheney and thousands of less famous patients with end-stage heart ...

Newark (N.J.) Beth Israel Medical Center celebrated the longest-living patient in the state on a left ventricular assist device May 18. Mayra Rodriguez, 42, of Union County, N.J., celebrated her 14th ...

For patients with weak hearts that need help pumping blood, an alternative to a heart transplant is an implant of a mechanical pump, called a left ventricular assist device (LVAD). These devices help ...

Doctors told Chevon Byfield that he only had a few months to live. His heart would give out by Thanksgiving. But 10 years later, Byfield is still alive, waiting for an organ donor. His failing heart ...

Outcomes and expenses were similar with transplant and elective LVAD, but urgent LVAD after ECMO fared much worse.

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 ...

A newer generation left ventricular assist device (LVAD) provides better outcomes for patients with advanced heart failure at six months compared to its predecessor, according to a new study. A newer ...