Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD)

This channel includes news and new technology innovations for ventricular assist devices (VAD). VADs are a type of mechanical hemodynamic support device that helps increase blood flow in people who have ventricles that are not work properly due to heart failure, cardiogenic shock, cardiomyopathy or myocardial infarction. Most often these devices support the left ventricle, so they are often referred to as left ventricular assist devices (LVAD). VADS come in two types, surgically implanted, usually as a bridge to heart transplant, and percutanenous catheter-based pumps used for temporary hemodynamic support. Examples of temporary percutaneous pumps include the Impella and TandemHeart devices.

 

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September 30, 2009 – MAQUET Cardiovascular said Johannes Bonatti, M.D., professor of surgery and director of ...

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September 29, 2009 – Abiomed Inc. announced new clinical data last week at TCT 2009 from Academic Medical Center’s ...

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September 23, 2009 – Abiomed Inc. announced new clinical data from USpella, the first U.S. multicenter registry ...

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September 21, 2009 — CardiacAssist Inc. announced today that it will showcase transseptal puncture training ...

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Case Study | Igor F. Palacios, M.D., Roberto J. Cubeddu, M.D. , Christian Witzke, M.D., Angel Caldera, M.D.

A 55-year-old woman with a history of heavy alcohol use, hepatitis C induced cirrhosis, hypertension, and chronic ...

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September 9, 2009 – Abiomed Inc. said today its percutaneous Impella ventricular assist device will be highlighted ...

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September 9, 2009 – CardiacAssist Inc. said yesterday it will exhibit its TandemHeart System in San Francisco at ...

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August 21, 2009 - World Heart Corp. said today it received FDA conditional approval to begin a bridge-to ...

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August 14, 2009 – ZOLL Medical Corp. said today Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital in Hampshire, United ...

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August 12, 2009 – Abiomed Inc. said a webcast of an Impella 2.5 procedure performed on an 85-year-old man with ...

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August 3, 2009 – Circulatory assist pump maker Thoratec Corp. and small implantable blood pump maker HeartWare ...

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July 30, 2009 – The Federal Trade Commission today authorized a lawsuit to block Thoratec Corp’s proposed $282 ...

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July 29, 2009 – CircuLite Inc. said today it was awarded a Fast-Track Phase I-II Small Business Innovation ...

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Feature | Dave Fornell

There is growing interest in going beyond using ventricular assist devices (VADs) just for end-stage heart failure ...

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June 25, 2009 – Abiomed Inc. yesterday announced the successful implant of its AbioCor Total Replacement Heart ...

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