There is no clearly established strategy for the treatment of a patient with cardiomyopathy and a symptomatic aneurysm of the thoracic aorta. We report the successful use of an approach combining ...

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 ...

Seven years after going into congestive heart failure, Edwin Smith (and his left ventricular assist device) took home the silver medal at the National Senior Games.

Why don't patients with ventricular assist devices (VADs) get better improvement in exercise tolerance? Increases in key internal heart pressures appear to be the answer, reports a study in the ASAIO ...

With approval, the HeartMate 3 System offers physicians in Europe the most advanced ventricular assist technology available to support the management of patients with advanced stage heart failure ST.