Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers observed significant improvement in cerebrovascular hemodynamics after LVAD implant in patients with ...

MedStar Washington Hospital Center has reached a major milestone in cardiac care by completing more than 500 HeartMate 3 Left ...

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 few months ago we showed you a device called an LVAD, or left ventricular assist device, that doctors at Geisinger were trained to use but hadn't yet on an area heart patient. That changed in ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Meticulous positioning matters in reducing stroke risk after left ventricular assist device (LVAD) placement, according to a researcher here. Two parameters of multi-detector cardiac ...

MAHONING TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- Seven years ago, 56-year-old Jay Conrad of Northumberland got some bad news about his heart: he needed a triple bypass surgery. About two years after that, his condition ...

The FDA approved a new, less invasive surgical technique for the placement of Abbott’s best-selling heart pump, allowing patients to avoid open surgery. The HeartMate 3 left ventricular assist device ...

In the latest step toward making left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) easier and more accessible, the FDA recently approved a less invasive surgical approach for use with Abbott Laboratories’ ...

Thoratec Corp. ( THOR) revealed that it has acquired Ireland-based maker of implant systems and devices, Apica Cardiovascular Limited, in order to strengthen the market position of its HeartMate ...

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - After being diagnosed with a heart condition last year, a local man is thankful to be alive thanks to a medical procedure at The Christ Hospital. “I like to jokingly say, I wasn’t ...

When retired Marine Corps officer Steve Snowden faced the biggest battle of his life—heart failure at age 81—he turned to the ...