MIAMI - Memorial Cardiac and Vascular Institute is celebrating its 75th LVAD heart implant. It's a device that keeps the heart going when the heart doesn't function on its own. Ted Spinelli thought he ...

Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) surgery is a procedure to place a durable mechanical heart pump into a poorly functioning heart. LVADs help your heart’s lower left chamber (ventricle) pump blood ...

Medically reviewed by Christopher Lee, MDMedically reviewed by Christopher Lee, MD A ventricular assist device (VAD) is a mechanical pump implanted in the heart to help the heart pump blood throughout ...

Use of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) can reverse left ventricular remodeling in patients with heart failure, but recovery sufficient to permit explantation has so far been achieved in only a ...

Although structural and functional heart "recovery" sometimes follows implantation of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) in patients with end-stage heart failure (HF), allowing pump removal, such ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Market research firm Technavio has announced the release of their latest report on the global LVAD market. This new report will provide an analysis of the market based on the ...

Two years ago, on a family skiing trip to Colorado, Toby Wise was struggling to keep up. Wise, 45, had always been in good health, played football in high school and played in a softball league and a ...

LVADs are changing human life. Are we ready? By Haider Warraich Dr. Warraich is a cardiologist. Shows like HBO’s “Westworld” and the “Blade Runner” films depict a dystopian future where humankind and ...