At the initial meeting in the patient's ICU room, they are given an LVAD education manual. [14] Usually this introduction and training consists of an overview of the pump for all family members ...

A national clinical trial is underway to compare a novel mechanical heart pump to the only device currently used to treat end-stage heart failure. The INNOVATE study, led by University of Michigan, wi ...

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 ...

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 ...