The characteristics described in this table are general. The intra-aortic balloon pump has been excluded since to it does not generate its own volume stroke. *Clinical approval of ECMO is variable ...

SUNY Poly Assistant Professor Dr. Amit Sangwan and colleagues recently published research titled "Feasibility Testing of the ...

A medical team at The Christ Hospital Heart and Vascular Center has successfully implanted a new type of artificial heart .

Ventricular assist devices (VADs) are mechanical pumps that support heart function in patients with severe heart failure. VAD implantation is usually reserved for people waiting for a transplant ...

His heart was failing, and his medical team at Ohio's Christ Hospital Heart and Vascular Center warned him that he might not ...

Several dozen people gathered at Clovis Community Medical Center to celebrate patients living with a Left Ventricular Assist ...

FineHeart, a clinical-stage MedTech company developing innovative medical devices for heart failure, has achieved a major milestone in its ...

The FDA designated 166 products under its breakthrough devices program in its most recent financial year, reversing the ...

A Charleston woman was always short of breath and suffered from an undertreated heart problem. A new device at MUSC has her ...

A study by researchers at Saint Louis University shows that only one in eight patients with heart failure in the United States receive palliative care consultations within five years of diagnosis. The ...

At the heart of these machines ... friction increases. Vane pumps are equally susceptible to deposits as the individual vanes fail to move freely within the barrel, once more increasing friction and ...