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, 2008 - The HeartAssist 5 Pediatric VAD will be introduced for the first time in the U.S. Oct. 2-4 at the ...

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September 9, 2008 - Ventricular assist device manufacturer MicroMed Cardiovascular Inc. today said it completed all ...

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August 22, 2008 - HeartWare Ltd. this week said the first patient in the U.S. received the HeartWare Left Ventricular ...

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August 21, 2008 – The first U.S. patient implanted with the DuraHeart Left Ventricular Assist System (LVAS) was ...

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August 8, 2008 - On July 31, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its final decision to reimburse ...

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August 6, 2008 - The first U.S. implant of Terumo Heart Inc.’s DuraHeart Left Ventricular Assist System (LVAS) took ...

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August 7, 2008 - Terumo Heart Inc. yesterday said the first U.S. implant of the DuraHeart Left Ventricular Assist System ...

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Levitronix and FDA are notifying healthcare professionals of a class 1 recall of the Levitronix ...

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July 31, 2008 - Abiomed Inc. said it recently signed a long-term lease for a manufacturing facility in Athlone, Ireland ...

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July 23, 2008 – Ventricular-assist devices (VADs) are getting smaller, more reliable and may someday eliminate the need ...

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Physicians recognize the importance of ventricular assist devices (VADs) every time a congestive heart failure (CHF) ...

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The Abiomed Inc. Impella 2.5 cardiac assist device was FDA cleared in 2008 for use for partial circulatory ...

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Thoratec Corp. received FDA approval of its PMA (premarket approval) application, allowing the use of its ...

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June 25, 2008 - Cardiologists completed the 1,300th worldwide procedure utilizing the TandemHeart System, said ...

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May 5, 2008 - HeartWare Ltd. received conditional approval from the FDA of an Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) for ...

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