Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med. 2006;3(7):377-386. Special silicone cannulae connect the blood pumps to the body (Figure 2). These cannulae are anastomosed to the right atrium and pulmonary artery for ...

The characteristics described in this table are general. The intra-aortic balloon pump has been excluded since to it does not generate its own volume stroke. *Clinical approval of ECMO is variable ...

CorWave, a company pioneering innovative cardiac assist devices and currently conducting a clinical investigation following the first implantations of its undulating membrane heart pump, announces the ...

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 9 - A heart ventricular assist device (VAD) is used as a bridge to organ transplantation, maintaining a patient's cardiac function until a donor organ becomes available. In some ...

The FDA has removed pediatric ventricular assist bypass devices (VADs) from its device shortage list in an update this month.

Medicare beneficiaries with heart failure who are Black or female were less likely to receive a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation compared with White and male beneficiaries. Between ...

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.

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 ...

Pediatric ventricular assist devices (VADs) and mechanical circulatory support systems have emerged as critical tools in the management of children with end‐stage heart failure, including those with ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA and Medtronic alerted health care providers to no longer implant patients with end-stage HF with a ...

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 ...