A ventricular assist device (VAD) is an electromechanical device that provides support for cardiac circulation, which is used either to partially or to...

DeVries and Robert Jarvik. An artificial heart is distinct from a ventricular assist device (VAD; for either one or both of the ventricles, the heart's lower...

disease that persists despite all other measures, a cardiac assist device ventricular assist device, or, occasionally, heart transplantation may be recommended...

are several types of left ventricular assist devices, with the Impella devices being some of the most common. This device is placed by a cardiac surgeon...

lifestyle changes, medications, or surgery. Surgery may include a ventricular assist device or heart transplant. In 2015 cardiomyopathy and myocarditis affected...

global leader in mechanical circulatory support devices, particularly in ventricular assist devices (VADs). For chronic circulatory support for late-stage...

German company that develops, produces and markets ventricular assist devices (VADs). The devices mechanically support the hearts of patients with end-stage...

mechanical circulatory support (MCS) of failing hearts using left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) and total artificial hearts (TAH). His achievements in...

Kantrowitz also invented the intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP), a left ventricular assist device (L-VAD), and an early version of the implantable pacemaker. In...

As a bridge to either heart transplantation or placement of a ventricular assist device As a bridge to lung transplantation Septic shock is a more controversial...