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  2. Ventricular assist device - Wikipedia

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    The first left ventricular assist device (LVAD) system was created by Domingo Liotta at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston in 1962. The first LVAD was implanted in 1963 by Liotta and E. Stanley Crawford. The first successful implantation of an LVAD was completed in 1966 by Liotta along with Dr. Michael E. DeBakey.

  3. O. H. Frazier - Wikipedia

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    O. H. "Bud" Frazier is a heart surgeon and director of cardiovascular surgery research at the Texas Heart Institute (THI), best known for his work in mechanical circulatory support (MCS) of failing hearts using left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) and total artificial hearts (TAH).

  4. Thoratec - Wikipedia

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    Thoratec's third-generation HeartMate LVAD is the HeartMate 3, [48] [49] designed to lower adverse event rates through improved hemocompatibility, and to increase ease of surgical placement through new design and compact size. [50] [51] It began undergoing clinical trials in the U.S. and internationally in mid 2014. [48] [49] [50] [52] [53]

  5. Destination therapy - Wikipedia

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    Ventricular assist devices require open-heart surgery for implantation. An incision is made through the breastbone to expose the heart. Heparin will be given to keep the patients blood from clotting. The blood is rerouted to a heart-lung machine that will pump and oxygenate blood. A pocket for the LVAD is formed in the abdominal wall.

  6. Jack Copeland (surgeon) - Wikipedia

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    Jack Greene Copeland (born 1942) is an American cardiothoracic surgeon, who has established procedures in heart transplantation including repeat heart transplantation, the implantation of total artificial hearts (TAH) to bridge the time to heart transplant, innovations in left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) and the technique of "piggybacking" a second heart (heterotopic heart transplant) in ...

  7. Mr Beast responds to critics after backlash over video ... - AOL

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    In the video, which has at least 68 million views, Donaldson said he paid for patients to get the eye surgeries and filmed their reactions after the operations.

  8. Influencer Brittany Dawn settles lawsuit over alleged fitness ...

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    Brittany Dawn Davis settled a lawsuit on April 25 brought against her by the state of Texas alleging deceptive business practices related to her past fitness influencer business, marking the end ...

  9. Berlin Heart - Wikipedia

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    Berlin Heart GmbH is a German company that develops, produces and markets ventricular assist devices (VADs). The devices mechanically support the hearts of patients with end-stage heart failure . Berlin Heart's products include the implantable INCOR VAD and the paracorporeal EXCOR VAD.