BrioHealth Solutions ( today announces the successful implantation of its 100th BrioVAD System, an investigational Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) designed to support patients with advanced heart ...

Physicians at The Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon have used a ventricular-assist device to save a patient suffering a heart attack, according to a Macon Telegraph news report. The ...

This analysis evaluates the relationship between hospital care delivery network fragmentation and in-hospital and 90-day outcomes. These networks may be novel targets for improving outcomes.

The management of patients with end-stage heart failure or acute heart failure from naturally reversible causes is challenging; it may involve combination medical therapy (including inotropic support) ...

A team led by Children's Hospital Los Angeles has become the first in the world to demonstrate the possibility of using genetically engineered pig hearts as a potential "bridge" to heart transplant ...

Connex Biomedical Inc. applied for patent protection for a transcardiac access port affixed and retained post-procedure on the cardiac muscle, such as the ventricular myocardium, and an access port ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA and Medtronic alerted health care providers to no longer implant patients with end-stage HF with a ...

Mechanical circulatory support systems for the treatment of end-stage heart failure are now available for a wide variety of clinical situations and support times. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation ...