For some patients, a percutaneous left ventricular assist device (LVAD) may increase the risk of subsequent aortic regurgitation (AR), especially when there’s a need for longer support, new data ...

NEW YORK -- Harold E. Doley, Jr. had just weeks to live by the time he decided to get a life-saving procedure at NewYork- Presbyterian. He is fifty-year member of the New York Stock Exchange who ...

Las Vegas, NV - The preliminary results from a large prospective study of cardiac function during left ventricular assist device (LVAD) support have found that left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF ...

CHICAGO - Northwestern Memorial Hospital's Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute is the first center in Chicago and among the first in the country to implant a new experimental left ventricular assist device ...

Mike Arnold called himself "Iron Man" last May. It was a joke, with some truth attached. He was in a hospital bed at CHI Health Nebraska Heart in Lincoln where a high-tech gadget called a left ...

“For many years, implantable cardioverter defibrillators have been one of the primary treatment options for patients with ventricular arrhythmias,” said Dr. Andrea Natale, executive medical director ...