Surgeons at Virtua Health, a five-hospital system based in Camden, N.J., successfully performed its first left ventricular assist device implantation, the system announced July 1. The procedure is a ...

Large-bore devices and longer time on support each up the risk. A study author calls for awareness, not alarm.

Las Vegas, NV - The preliminary results from a large prospective study of cardiac function during left ventricular assist device (LVAD) support have found that left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA designated Abbott/Thoratec Corp.’s recall of it’s LVAD implant kit as class I. Blood leakage or air ...

A team of surgeons performed a world-first operation that could change the way heart failure patients are treated.

Often, the best way to tell a patient's story is through the care he/she has received. Over the years, thousands of patients have transformed their lives by the treatments and care they received from ...

S AN FRANCISCO -- Noninvasive stereotactic radiotherapy (RT) for refractory ventricular tachycardia (VT) achieved outcomes similar to catheter ablation with substantially fewer serious adverse events ...