(HealthDay News) — Battery-operated left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) may restore cardiac function for some heart failure patients, according to a study published in the Journal of the American ...

Patients who developed late right heart failure (RHF) after left ventricular assist device (LVAD) surgery suffered more major adverse events and had worse survival, researchers found. At 1 month ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . 4D model-guided cardiac resynchronization lead placement improved left ventricular function vs. standard care.

In 2022, a multidisciplinary team in the Cardiac Center at CHOP implemented a specialized ventricular recovery program to encourage and identify patients who could benefit from heart recovery with ...

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