(HealthDay News) — Battery-operated left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) may restore cardiac function for some heart failure patients, according to a study published in the Journal of the American ...

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 ...

In 2022, a multidisciplinary team in the Cardiac Center at CHOP implemented a specialized ventricular recovery program to encourage and identify patients who could benefit from heart recovery with ...

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 ...

Within the last 24 months, I have financial relationship(s) or affiliation(s) with a manufacturer, marketer, reseller, or distributor of a healthcare product or service involved in the management of ...

A recent study published in BMC Public Health investigated the associations between abnormal left ventricular diastolic function (ALVDF) and ambient air pollution. Study: Air pollution is associated ...