Two years ago, on a family skiing trip to Colorado, Toby Wise was struggling to keep up. Wise, 45, had always been in good health, played football in high school and played in a softball league and a ...

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 ...

The majority of patients with an older left ventricular assist device (LVAD) as destination therapy did not exhibit cognitive decline over time, despite a high frequency of strokes, researchers found.

A ventricular assist device (VAD) helps pump blood from your heart to the rest of your body. It’s used when your heart is not able to pump enough blood on its own. The device consists of a pump, tubes ...

Whether revascularization by percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) can improve event-free survival and left ventricular function in patients with severe ischemic left ventricular systolic ...

The HeartMate 3 left ventricular assist device (LVAD) was approved for pediatric patients with advanced heart failure, Abbott announced. The approval covers both bridge to transplant and destination ...