This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Mechanical pumps originally designed to supplement the pumping action of ...

LVADs have been life-savers for decades and, for a number of years, hospitals had a choice of two devices - the HeartWare ...

CHICAGO – An implanted pumping device that helps a failing heart may improve survival for desperately ill patients and allow them to go home from the hospital, a new study finds -- whether they're ...

DALLAS, May 28 – A new implantable device that gives failing hearts a boost while patients await a heart transplant appears to be reliable and safe, researchers report in today’s rapid access issue of ...

New promising data finds that a small heart pump device the size of a AA battery could help keep children in need of a heart transplant alive and at home as they wait for a new heart. With this small ...

As Tucson toddler Tiana Lopez returned home last weekend after a spectacular recovery on an experimental heart device, the same device was pumping for another local baby with life-threatening heart ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. A West Virginia man and another in Ohio have become the first U.S.

DUBLIN, March 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Cardiac Assist Devices Market - Global Outlook and Forecast 2020-2025" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The Global Cardiac Assist ...

Implantable devices have been used for decades to treat heart disease. The first pacemaker was implanted over 40 years ago, and implantable defibrillators were first used in the early 1980s. But the ...

The characteristics described in this table are general. The intra-aortic balloon pump has been excluded since to it does not generate its own volume stroke. *Clinical approval of ECMO is variable ...

What are Ventricular Assist Devices? Ventricular Assist Devices (VADs) are mechanical heart pumps. 1 They use electrical and mechanical technology to support cardiac functioning by helping blood to ...

The newly studied heart pump device is the size of a AA battery. In this undated stock photo a Dr. listens with stethoscope. STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images New promising data finds that a small heart pump ...