Texas Childrens patient gets heart pump Nov 14, 2009
The 16-year-old was released on Oct. 29 after receiving a mechanical heart pump known as a ventricular assist device, or VAD, an operation previously accomplished only at adult institutions. The VAD is used as an interim step while a patient awaits a heart transplant. (Houston Business Journal, TX)
16-Year-Old Heart Patient Makes Medical History Nov 13, 2009
Both the medical community and parents of children with serious and medically resistant heart failure should know that, using an intracorporeal ventricular assist device (VAD), we can provide greater freedom and normalcy for young people awaiting transplants, Morales said. This improvement in their quality of life and outlook can contribute to their physical health as well, assuming they follow their physician s guidelines for activity and personal care. (Fox News)
Texas Children's discharges first pediatric patient with implanted mechanical heart device Nov 12, 2009
11, 2009) - Texas Children's Hospital is the nation's first pediatric hospital to discharge a child while on an intracorporeal ventricular assist device (VAD), a feat previously accomplished only at adult institutions. The patient, 16-year-old Francisco "Frank" De Santiago, who was implanted with a mechanical heart pump called the HeartMate II on May 19, 2009, was discharged on Oct. 29, 2009. (EurekAlert!)
A walk for Supergirl and other heroes Sep 24, 2009
On Aug.6, after six weeks connected to a Ventricular Assist Device, or Berlin Heart, Toole received a donated heart. The surgery was performed at Children s Hospital Boston by a team including hospital Chief of Cardiac Surgery Dr. Pedro del Nido, hospital Cardiologist-in-Chief Dr. James Lock and surgeon Dr. Francis Flynn-Thompson, among others. (Catskill Daily Mail, NY)
Pacemaker can't stop Red Lodge High spiker Sep 16, 2009
She spent 59 days in an intensive care unit in Denver with a machine, called a ventricular assist device, working in place of the left side of her heart. She had been placed on the heart transplant list, but she didn't want a transplant. (Montana Standard, MT)
MRI Simulation Of Blood Flow Helps Plan Child's Delicate Heart Surgery Sep 13, 2009
2, 2009) At the end of July 2009, a team of cardiac surgeons in Germany was the first in the world to implant the HeartAssist 5 ventricular assist device, the modern version of the DeBakey VAD. The device. (June 27, 2005) Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine recently acquired a new high-fidelity simulation device that enables surgeons to practice complex operative tasks before entering the. (Science Daily)
Cardiac Surgeons Implant World's First New DeBakey Heart Assist Device Sep 2, 2009
2, 2009) At the end of July 2009, a team of cardiac surgeons headed by Professor Dr. Matthias Karck, Director of the Department of Cardiac Surgery at Heidelberg University Hospital, was the first in the world to implant the HeartAssist 5 ventricular assist device, the modern version of the DeBakey VAD. ... First used for patients awaiting heart transplants, left-ventricular assist devices (LVADs) are now enhancing the quality of life of patients with. (Science Daily)
U.S. Federal Trade Commission to Challenge Thoratec's Proposed Acquisition of HeartWare International Jul 30, 2009
The company's product lines include the Thoratec(R) VAD (Ventricular Assist Device) and HeartMate LVAS, with more than 13,000 devices implanted in patients suffering from heart failure ... HeartWare International develops and manufactures miniaturized implantable heart pumps, or Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVADs) to treat patients suffering from advanced heart failure. (PR Newswire)
Artificial heart maker joins MicroMed board Jul 24, 2009
The board was created to provide scientific support and guidance related to the Houston medical device maker s HeartAssist 5 ventricular assist device, The Modern DeBakey VAD.. The HeartAssist 5 pump weighs only 92 grams and measures just 2. (Houston Business Journal, TX)
The 'piggy-back heart' that helped save a little girl's life Jul 14, 2009
He said experts were working to perfect a mechanical heart, called a ventricular assist device, that can be used in children temporarily to take over the work of a weak heart while it recovers. A similar device already exists for adults with heart failure awaiting a donor transplant. (BBC News -- UK)
Heart device lets woman see son Jun 3, 2009
To survive, the 34-year-old would need a ventricular assist device to help her heart pump enough blood to supply her failing lungs, kidneys and liver ... To survive, the 34-year-old from Russell Springs would need a ventricular assist device to help her heart pump enough blood to supply her failing lungs, kidneys and liver ... Their story is an example of the growing use of ventricular assist devices for purposes other than what they are best known for ---- keeping patients alive before heart... (North County Times)
Thoratec Presentation at JMP Securities Conference to be Webcast May 15, 2009
The company's product lines include the Thoratec(R) VAD (Ventricular Assist Device) and HeartMate(R) LVAS (Left Ventricular Assist System) with more than 13,000 devices implanted in patients suffering from heart failure. Additionally, its International Technidyne Corporation (ITC) Division is a leader in point-of-care blood testing and skin incision products. (PR Newswire)
Artificial Pump Effectively Backs Up Failing Hearts Apr 5, 2009
The device, called a left ventricular assist device (LVAD), is the latest generation of heart assist devices ... 21, 2001) Left ventricular assist devices, or LVADs, used to mechanically pump blood through the hearts of individuals with heart failure as they await transplantation, can reverse reduced heart muscle ... (May 16, 2002) In one of the longest follow-up studies of an implantable left ventricular assist device, heart failure patients reported a substantially improved quality of life,... (Science Daily)
Via Christi to stop transplant program Feb 25, 2009
The medical center says it is withdrawing its heart transplant and ventricular assist device program because it falls short of the volume requirements established by the Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services. In June 2007, CMS released new conditions for participation that required a 10 heart transplant per year minimum. (Wichita Business Journal, KS)
Peer Portner; 69, a pioneer in heart pump development Feb 23, 2009
In 1984 the mechanism - now commonly known as a left ventricular assist device, or LVAD, was implanted in a human patient in a procedure that made a later successful heart transplant possible ... Frazier, who helped develop the HeartMate pump, now considered to be the most widely used left ventricular assist device, continued, "Peer Portner was an original investigator of a lifesaving technology who contributed to the literature and first generation of these devices." ... In some cases, Oyer... (Boston Globe)
