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2. Ventricular assist device - Wikipedia

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   In a small number of cases left ventricular assist devices, combined with drug therapy, have enabled the heart to recover sufficiently for the device to be able to be removed (explanted). [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Several surgical approaches, including interventional decommissioning, off-pump explantation using a custom-made plug and complete LVAD removal ...

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. 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.

5. 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).

6. This Father of 3 Thought His Cough Was a Lingering Flu ... - AOL

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   They can receive a heart pump, known as a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) to help the heart pump blood or a heart transplant. “Before we designate a patient with that diagnosis, we need to ...

7. LVAD - Wikipedia

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   LVAD may stand for: Left ventricular assist device, see Ventricular assist device; Low-Velocity Airdrop, see HALO/HAHO This page was last edited on 28 ...