In the ROADMAP study, patients with a HeartMate II ™ LVAD had a functional improvement in quality of life compared to optimal medical management The ROADMAP study was a prospective, multi-center ...

Too old and too sick for a heart transplant, Arvid Herrman was given a choice: have a mechanical pump implanted in his heart, potentially keeping him alive for several years, or do nothing and almost ...

NATIONAL HARBOR, MD — Even Thoratec's HeartMate II left ventricular assist device (LVAD), which had been something of a hit with Dick Cheney and thousands of less famous patients with end-stage heart ...

This analysis evaluates the relationship between hospital care delivery network fragmentation and in-hospital and 90-day outcomes. These networks may be novel targets for improving outcomes.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Just over 50 years has passed since the first total artificial heart was “successfully” implanted into a dog by ...

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 ...

Female recipients of a left ventricular assist device tend to have worse clinical outcomes compared to their male counterparts, according to a study in Circulation: Heart Failure from researchers at ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Anemia is common in adults with advanced heart failure before and after receiving a left ventricular assist ...

When it comes to receiving a new heart, some patients with advanced heart failure may be put at a disadvantage by recent policy changes from the US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), ...