Ventricular assist devices are mechanical pumps that take over the function of the damaged ventricle in order to re-establish normal hemodynamics and end-organ blood flow. In addition, VADs unload the ...

The heart is a finely tuned machine, pumping and squeezing to move blood through the body with a fresh supply of oxygen and nutrients. Electrical activity provides the spark to coordinate and activate ...

"Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources reviewed by physicians, meant for the medical team as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this journey through a disease state contains ...

Heart failure affects 6.5 million people in the U.S., with an additional 550,000 newly diagnosed each year. Heart failure hospitalizations are a leading cause of admissions for those 65 and older, ...

By: Andrew Yoon, M.D., medical director, Heart Failure, MemorialCare Heart & Vascular Institute at Long Beach Medical Center. MemorialCare Heart & Vascular Institute at Long Beach Medical Center is ...

Heart failure is notoriously difficult to diagnose and track. Though treatment options are increasing, the mortality rate within the first few years of diagnosis remains high—meaning there’s plenty of ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - It is American Heart Month and big strides are being made in the Las Vegas Valley treating one devastating type of heart failure. For all the progress cardiology has made in ...

Materials failures account for a significant percentage of medical device recalls and performance problems but are often overlooked as a potential source of risk. Amy Heintz, PhD Will the materials in ...

There are about 64 million cases of heart failure worldwide. According to the American Heart Association, 6.2 million adults in the United States have heart failure and that number is estimated to ...

TEWKSBURY, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DC Devices, Inc., a medical device company pioneering first-in-class structural heart devices, has closed a $34 million Series D financing round. Accelmed led the ...