INDIANAPOLIS — Six and a half years ago, Drake Foster thought he was in good health. "I was 21 years old, living a 21-year-old's life," Foster said. "I was pretty fit, did a manual labor job, and one ...

• Compared to heart transplantation, left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation with this new device resulted in significantly improved renal function in patients with pre-existing renal ...

NEW YORK -- Harold E. Doley, Jr. had just weeks to live by the time he decided to get a life-saving procedure at NewYork- Presbyterian. He is fifty-year member of the New York Stock Exchange who ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — A celebration was held Tuesday at Sentara Heart Hospital for patients with heart failure who are now living a normal life thanks to an implanted device. Not all patients with ...

Physicians at The Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon have used a ventricular-assist device to save a patient suffering a heart attack, according to a Macon Telegraph news report. The ...

Cardiologists and cardiac surgeons are finding a number of uses for a percutaneous left ventricular assist device (VAD), beyond even what the manufacturer was expecting. The CardiacAssist Inc.