The characteristics described in this table are general. The intra-aortic balloon pump has been excluded since to it does not generate its own volume stroke. *Clinical approval of ECMO is variable ...

In 2022, a multidisciplinary team in the Cardiac Center at CHOP implemented a specialized ventricular recovery program to encourage and identify patients who could benefit from heart recovery with ...

R Hetzer is Chairman of the Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin and a professor of surgery in the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, and B Stiller is a pediatrician in the Department of ...

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 9 - A heart ventricular assist device (VAD) is used as a bridge to organ transplantation, maintaining a patient's cardiac function until a donor organ becomes available. In some ...

After severe heart failure, the ability of the heart to heal by forming new cells is very low. However, after receiving treatment with a supportive heart pump, the capacity of a damaged heart to ...

This analysis evaluates the relationship between hospital care delivery network fragmentation and in-hospital and 90-day outcomes. These networks may be novel targets for improving outcomes.

Patients with cardiogenic shock treated at hospitals with a higher volume of percutaneous microaxial VAD implantation in the US have lower mortality risk. Higher hospital procedure volume of ...

Medicare beneficiaries with heart failure who are Black or female were less likely to receive a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation compared with White and male beneficiaries. Between ...

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 ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Sometimes treatments, medications and even a transplant won’t do the trick for patients with heart failure. They are left with only one option: getting a rare heart device implanted in ...

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. A congressional oversight subcommittee is investigating the ...