The past 25 years have witnessed rapid progress in left ventricular assist devices (LVADs), which has captured the imagination of the public, professionals and, importantly, patients. The use of ...

Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med. 2006;3(7):346-347. Since the first widespread clinical application of left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) for patients with end-stage heart failure in the ...

At the beginning of LDS Hospital's use of LVADs, and due to the hospital's participation in the REMATCH trial, the Utah Artificial Heart Team (UAHT) nurses selected a group of nurses with years of ...

Both devices improved patient quality of life. Continuous-flow devices are smaller, lighter, and more simple than pulsatile LVADs and have the potential to fulfill all the requirements of a ...