Physicians at Emory University Hospital performed the first-ever surgical implantation in the United States of a brand-new type of heart pump designed to help save patients with heart failure, using a ...

BrioHealth Solutions ( today announces the successful implantation of its 100th BrioVAD System, an investigational ...

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 the ...

Las Vegas, NV - The preliminary results from a large prospective study of cardiac function during left ventricular assist device (LVAD) support have found that left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The HeartMate II Left Ventricular ...

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 ...

Every year, around 50,000 people in the United States experience cardiogenic shock - a life-threatening condition, usually caused by a severe heart attack, in which the heart can't pump enough blood ...

This analysis evaluates the relationship between hospital care delivery network fragmentation and in-hospital and 90-day outcomes. These networks may be novel targets for improving outcomes.

Female recipients of a left ventricular assist device tend (LVAD) to have worse clinical outcomes compared to their male counterparts, according to a study in Circulation: Heart Failure from ...

Dublin, June 20, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Global $2.46Bn Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) Market Outlook to 2025" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The global ventricular ...