A ventricular assist device (VAD) helps pump blood from your heart to the rest of your body. It’s used when your heart is not able to pump enough blood on its own. The device consists of a pump, tubes ...

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 ...

R Hetzer is Chairman of the Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin and a professor of surgery in the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, and B Stiller is a pediatrician in the Department of ...

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 ...

"This is a landmark event for children suffering from terminal heart failure." Charles D. Fraser, Jr., MD, Texas Children’s Hospital THE WOODLANDS, Tex., and BERLIN, Dec. 16, 2011—The Berlin Heart ...

Pediatric ventricular assist devices (VADs) and mechanical circulatory support systems have emerged as critical tools in the management of children with end‐stage heart failure, including those with ...

Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) surgery is a procedure to place a durable mechanical heart pump into a poorly functioning heart. LVADs help your heart’s lower left chamber (ventricle) pump blood ...

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Heart failure is one of the most pressing health challenges of our time, affecting over 64 million people worldwide and driving significant mortality, morbidity, and healthcare costs. As donor heart ...