In the United States, obesity is estimated to cause between 280,000 and 374,000 deaths each year and more than $170 billion ...

Stanford University Medical Center has received some recent press coverage centered around a controversial decision to provide a heart transplant ... not undergone a left ventricular assist ...

Due to her age, she was ineligible for a heart transplant. So doctors got her an LVAD. “And now, I’m going places, I’m doing things, I’m able to eat again,” Hedgepeth said. She was one ...

The decision to move forward with a heart transplant is made when all other treatment options been unsuccessful.

These devices help patients enjoy a better quality of life and are sometimes used as a bridge to a heart transplant. The LVAD is one such implant. This mechanical pump connects to the left ...

A slam dunk in heart care innovation! Hartford HealthCare’s LVAD team is bringing together a day of friendly basketball ...

Biome Analytics, a leader in cardiovascular performance analytics, announces the launch of its newest module designed to enhance data-driven decision-making for ECMO, heart transplant, and LVAD ...

Heart Transplant & Mechanical Assist Device Programme, NHCS. “By introducing this percutaneous treatment for LVAD blockages or outflow graft obstruction, we are offering patients a safer ...

thousands are either waiting for a heart transplant or need a transplant but are not eligible. Doctors often treat these patients with a ventricular assist device, an implantable heart pump that ...

Advocate Children's Hospital formally launched its pediatric heart transplant program at the ... the certification allows it to offer patients ventricular assist devices, or VADs — mechanical ...