Decatur, Ga.-based Emory Heart and Vascular Center completed its 500th left ventricular assist device implantation. This year alone, Emory surgeons have implanted approximately 60 LVADs and expect to ...

Chennai: Two weeks ago, surgeons flipped the switch on a device in the operating room at Madras Medical Mission to save a ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The HeartMate II Left Ventricular ...

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 ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Breakthrough technology is transforming the lives of local heart failure patients, offering new hope and improved quality of life. The TriHealth Heart and Vascular Institute is at ...

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 ...

Every year, around 50,000 people in the United States experience cardiogenic shock - a life-threatening condition, usually caused by a severe heart attack, in which the heart can't pump enough blood ...

Madras Medical Mission implants Evaheart LVAD in a 42-year-old man with end-stage heart failure, improving his cardiac function.

LVNC is a structural heart problem that develops before birth. Later in life, it can cause symptoms like shortness of breath, irregular heart rhythms, and chest pain. Treatments include medications ...

Sofia Hart is bravely sharing her heart condition with the world. The TikToker gave followers a look into how she lives while attached to a life-saving medical device called an LVAD—a left ventricular ...