Over those two years of check-ups and ultrasounds, doctors found that his heart was actually recovering and getting stronger ...

MIAMI - Memorial Cardiac and Vascular Institute is celebrating its 75th LVAD heart implant. It's a device that keeps the heart going when the heart doesn't function on its own. Ted Spinelli thought he ...

A man in his 50s known to have heart failure with left ventricular assist device presented after a suicide attempt by cutting the device’s driveline at home. This occurred in the context of functional ...

Medically reviewed by Christopher Lee, MDMedically reviewed by Christopher Lee, MD A ventricular assist device (VAD) is a mechanical pump implanted in the heart to help the heart pump blood throughout ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Left ventricular assist devices or LVADs for short have been around in some form since the 1960s. The devices were once used as a bridge to keep patients alive until a heart ...

Two years ago, on a family skiing trip to Colorado, Toby Wise was struggling to keep up. Wise, 45, had always been in good health, played football in high school and played in a softball league and a ...

Ventricular assist devices are mechanical pumps that take over the function of the damaged ventricle in order to re-establish normal hemodynamics and end-organ blood flow. In addition, VADs unload the ...