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2. Ventricular assist device - Wikipedia

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   The type of VAD implanted depends on the type of underlying heart disease (e.g. patients with right ventricular failure from pulmonary arterial hypertension may require an RVAD, versus those with left ventricular failure from a myocardial infarction may require an LVAD). The LVAD is the most common device applied to a defective heart (it is ...

3. Thoratec - Wikipedia

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   With the 2001 Thermo Cardiosystems merger, Thoratec acquired the HeartMate Left Ventricular Assist System, an implanted VAD for end-stage heart patients. A landmark three-year study of 129 patients at 22 major medical centers, called REMATCH (Randomized Evaluation of Mechanical Assistance for the Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure) and published in November 2001, found that the HeartMate VE ...

4. Abiomed heart pump gets second FDA emergency use nod ... - AOL

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   Impella, part of a family of invasive heart pump devices manufactured by Abiomed, provides circulatory support to patients who develop left side ventricular failure and is authorized to be used by ...

5. AbioCor - Wikipedia

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   In two cases, the device extended survival by 10 and 17 months respectively, and one patient was discharged from the hospital to go home. For a patient to be eligible for implantation with the AbioCor, the person must have had severe heart failure (with failure of both ventricles) and had to be likely to die within two weeks without ...

6. This heart pump can be a better option than a transplant. But ...

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7. Doctors combine a pig kidney transplant and a heart device in ...

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   Then doctors at NYU Langone Health devised a novel one-two punch: Implant a mechanical pump to keep her heart beating and days later transplant a kidney from a genetically modified pig.

8. Impella - Wikipedia

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   The Impella device is an alternative for percutaneous mechanical circulatory support that has been utilized as a bridge to recovery. Used alone or in tandem sets, it utilizes the concept of magnetic levitation [clarification needed] to reduce moving parts to an absolute minimum, thus reducing anticoagulation requirements.

9. Are you neglecting your 'second heart'? 1 step to ... - AOL

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   How to activate the ‘second heart’ with 1 step Just walk — take a walking break as often as you can, but at least once or twice an hour, both experts say. “It’s to get that calf muscle ...