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 ...

Medtronic announced it has received a breakthrough device designation from the FDA for its fully implantable left ventricular assist device for patients with advanced HF. Perspective from Frank Smart, ...

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 ...