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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The Impella 2.5 circulatory support system, by Abiomed Inc. was among 35 innovative healthcare products to receive a ...

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April 3, 2007 — Medicare has announced it will approve additional hospitals for ventricular assist device implantations ...

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March 29, 2007 —Data on Abiomed Inc.’s Impella 2.5 were presented at the American College of Cardiology's (ACC) 56th ...

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March 29, 2007 — Access Scientific introduced its Wand All-in-One Micro-Access Safety Introducer at the recent annual ...

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March 29, 2007 — Data released from the bridge-to-transplantation (BTT) arm of the HeartMate II Pivotal trial ...

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March 29, 2007 — Results of the COURAGE trial, presented today at the American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific ...

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Data released from the bridge-to-transplantation (BTT) arm of the HeartMate II Pivotal trial demonstrate that the ...

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The TandemHeart PTVA System by Cardiac Assist provides up to five liters per minute of blood flow through a ...

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The intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) is an minimally invasive technology designed to enhance blood flow to the ...

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Feb. 23, 2007 — Dr. William T Abraham of Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio and Dr. Patrick M McCarthy of ...

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Feb. 23, 2007 — West Virginia holds the dubious rank of the state with the highest percentage of residents with heart ...

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Jan. 25, 2007 — Abiomed, Inc. has announced the development of a pediatric circulatory support technology. Currently in ...

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AP reports that a Dec. 27 Medicare proposal may could double the number of hospitals authorized to implant the HeartMate ...

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The British Standards Institute has given CE Marking to Ventracor for its VentrAssist left ventricular assist device ...

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The FDA medical devices dispute resolution panel that met on Dec. 15 voted 3 to 1 to uphold a previous FDA decision that ...

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