Ventricular assist devices are mechanical pumps that take ... and requires the patient to carry a rechargeable, extracorporeal battery pack. It was mainly designed to be used as DT.

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 ...

The use of mechanical support of the circulation with ventricular assist devices for refractory heart failure is increasing. This is due to expanding indications, including for acute heart failure ...

Called left ventricular assist devices (LVADs), they help circulate blood around the body. But many spend years relying on the battery-powered pump while their wait for a transplant continues.

Patients with cardiogenic shock treated at hospitals with a higher volume of percutaneous microaxial VAD implantation in the US have lower mortality risk. Higher hospital procedure volume of ...

Mani Daneshmand, an Emory cardiothoracic surgeon leading the clinical trial at Emory that is studying the new pump, known as a ventricular assist device ... unit and battery pack worn outside ...

Mani Daneshmand, an Emory cardiothoracic surgeon leading the clinical trial at Emory that is studying the new pump, known as a ventricular assist device ... control unit and battery pack worn ...