The smart algorithm successfully targeted pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) 8-12 mmHg during rest/exercise and PCWP ...

The findings suggest clinicians don’t need to be as aggressive in lowering BP in this population, at least early after ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Living with heart failure can make everyday tasks nearly impossible, but there’s new hope for people in the Triad who aren’t eligible for a heart transplant or remain on the waiting ...

Abbott Laboratories said late-breaking clinical trial data from its MOMENTUM 3 clinical study shows its HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) has improved survival and lowered rates of ...

NATIONAL HARBOR, MD — Even Thoratec's HeartMate II left ventricular assist device (LVAD), which had been something of a hit with Dick Cheney and thousands of less famous patients with end-stage heart ...

Newark (N.J.) Beth Israel Medical Center celebrated the longest-living patient in the state on a left ventricular assist device May 18. Mayra Rodriguez, 42, of Union County, N.J., celebrated her 14th ...

Outcomes and expenses were similar with transplant and elective LVAD, but urgent LVAD after ECMO fared much worse.

Doctors told Chevon Byfield that he only had a few months to live. His heart would give out by Thanksgiving. But 10 years later, Byfield is still alive, waiting for an organ donor. His failing heart ...

Thoratec Corp. of Pleasanton warned consumers late Tuesday that four patients, including two who improperly used the company's popular heart pump device, had died. The users had experienced problems ...

In August 2016, Stephen Love, a professor of agriculture at the University of Idaho, suffered a massive heart attack. Love was photographing and collecting native wildflowers in the isolated ...