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In rare cases, a person might need a VAD for the left and right ventricles both, called a biventricular assist device (biVAD). A surgeon places the device during open-heart surgery. For this procedure ...

Biventricular assist devices (BVAD) were implanted for prolonged support. In three children cardiac function improved and after up to 21 days mechanical support could be withdrawn. They had full ...

What is a ventricular assist device? A ventricular assist device (VAD) is a mechanical pump that helps a weak heart pump blood adequately. Ventricular assist devices are implanted surgically and ...

Pictured: A Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device (PVAD) under development to augment blood flow from the native ventricle to mechanically support the systemic circulation in patients with single ...

OBJECTIVES To quantify the short term haemodynamic effects of biventricular pacing in patients with heart failure and left bundle branch block by using three dimensional echocardiography. DESIGN Three ...

The most widely used is the Berlin Heart ... device, with more than 10,000 implants worldwide (as of April 2012). The HeartMate II is currently the only continuous-flow left-ventricular assist ...

A left ventricular assist device (LVAD) helps the heart pump oxygen-rich blood to the rest of the body. A right ventricular assist device (RVAD) helps pump oxygen-poor blood to the lungs. Some ...

The device provides an option for eligible patients with severe biventricular heart failure or univentricular heart failure in which left ventricular assist device support is not recommended. “While ...

Left ventricular ejection fraction < 35%, a QRS duration of > 120 ms and New York Heart Association ... at random intervals and the biventricular pacing device does not know when to initiate ...

Jude Atlas-II HF biventricular ... assist device (LVAD; Thoratec Inc., Pleasanton, CA, USA) implantation in March 2009, as bridge to cardiac transplantation for end-stage heart failure.