According to NPR, doctors at the Texas Heart Institute have created a device which uses ventricular assist devices (VADs) to move blood throughout the body using whirling rotors. The catch? Patients ...

San Diego, CA - Nearly 50% of patients receiving a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) experience a hospital readmission within six months of implantation, and most first-time readmissions are for ...

NOVA: What are the advantages of continuous rather than pulsatile (pulse-like) flow? Frazier: With continuous flow, there isn't a pulse. Without a pulse, it is not necessary to have volume ...

Within the prior 24 months, I have had a financial relationship with a company producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients: Receive the the ...