(HealthDay News) — Battery-operated left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) may restore cardiac function for some heart failure patients, according to a study published in the Journal of the American ...

Patients who developed late right heart failure (RHF) after left ventricular assist device (LVAD) surgery suffered more major adverse events and had worse survival, researchers found. At 1 month ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . 4D model-guided cardiac resynchronization lead placement improved left ventricular function vs. standard care.

Three-dimensional (3D) echocardiography is an emerging technique for assessing right ventricular (RV) volume and function, but the normal values of RV volume and function by 3D echocardiography in the ...

A recent study published in BMC Public Health investigated the associations between abnormal left ventricular diastolic function (ALVDF) and ambient air pollution. Study: Air pollution is associated ...