Severe heart failure (HF) is becoming more prevalent as the population ages and a greater number of patients survive initial damage to the heart. In the last few decades, age-adjusted life expectancy ...

Dec. 11, 2003 -- Mechanical assist is effective at bridging children to heart transplant and yielding a high survival, according to the results of a five-year retrospective review published in the Dec ...

Pediatric ventricular assist devices (VADs) and mechanical circulatory support systems have emerged as critical tools in the management of children with end‐stage heart failure, including those with ...

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- A number of patients in the Valley with severe congestive heart failure are experiencing a new lease on life, thanks to the constantly evolving world of mechanical ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Spectrum Health's transplant team has added a new international recruit - a surgeon from Germany who pioneered techniques for minimally invasive transplants and mechanical assist ...

The field of pediatric mechanical circulatory support with ventricular assist devices has lagged significantly behind that of adult patients. However, there is increasing attention on the emerging ...

When someone has advanced heart failure, his or her heart is not functioning properly and cannot circulate enough blood to meet the body’s needs. Scientists in Chicago are testing a first-of-a-kind ...

Fewer children should die while waiting for a heart transplant if they are given mechanical heart support before transplantation, conclude authors of a UK study in this week's issue of THE LANCET.

When used as a preventive measure during heart surgery, the heart failure drug levosimendan did not significantly reduce rates of death, heart attack, kidney dialysis or use of a mechanical assist ...

What are Ventricular Assist Devices? Ventricular Assist Devices (VADs) are mechanical heart pumps. 1 They use electrical and mechanical technology to support cardiac functioning by helping blood to ...

PARIS – The High Authority for Health (HAS) in France recently published a 165-page report on use over 10 years of long term mechanical circulatory assist devices (MCS). HAS conducted this ...