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  1. Teen Takes Artificial Heart to School as She Waits for Transplant

    Wed, 27 Feb 2013

    Children's Hospital . "But now we have ventricular assist devices small enough to put in children 20-month wait for a transplant, ventricular assist devices, or VADs, are growing in school -- a first for a pediatric VAD patient, according to VanderPluym

  2. After Losing 100 Pounds, California Man Gets New Heart

    Wed, 6 Feb 2013

    that Hunkin's heart was so damaged he needed a VAD ( Ventricular Assist Device ), a small mechanical pump to help his weakened Center, said that Hunkin's positive reaction to the VAD pump meant he was able to become more and more active

  3. Dick Cheney to Pen Memoir About Heart Troubles

    Wed, 5 Dec 2012

    publisher of the website HealthNewsReview.org , said he wondered if Cheney will address the fact that the left ventricular assist device inserted into his heart to prevent it from failing was developed with taxpayer-supported government research

  4. Man Becomes First Duchenne Patient to Get LVAD

    Tue, 16 Oct 2012

    Morales, who implanted Jason's Left Ventricular Assist Device , or LVAD , on Sept. 5 with a team of Duchenne patient to receive a LVAD to help his weakened heart muscle Doctors will study how the LVAD affects the right side of Williams's

  5. Ventricular Assist Device May Offer Hope for Youngest Heart Patients

    Tue, 7 Aug 2012

    available to adults -- Ventricular Assist Devices, or VADs. There have been no FDA approved VAD devices for children until increase success rate. VAD was not without its complications percent of patients with a VAD suffered from a stroke

  6. Transcript: Dick Cheney's First Interview After Heart Transplant

    Mon, 30 Jul 2012

    CHENEY: Right. Two years ago this time I was- on a respirator, heavily sedated, just had had a pump, a left ventricular assist device installed on my heart 'cause my heart had gotten so weak after six heart attacks and 30-some years of heart

News

  1. With Each Operation, Artificial Hearts Show More Promise

    Tue, 26 Jun 2012

    medications, a device known as the left ventricular assist device ( LVAD ) may be helpful. LVADs are the sickest patients while the LVAD often fails." "I see the artificial me alive....because the LVAD wasn't an option. "The artificial

  2. Baby Saved by Smallest Artificial Heart

    Thu, 24 May 2012

    Heart for pediatric patients awaiting heart transplants. The device is a scaled down version of the left ventricular assist device , or LVAD , worn by former Vice President Dick Cheney until his heart transplant in March. An adult-size artificial

  3. Former VP Cheney: Heart Transplant 'Unbelievable' Gift

    Mon, 23 Apr 2012

    enough blood to vital organs like his kidneys. At that time, Cheney underwent surgery to implant an LVAD , or a Left Ventricular Assist Device , which he said revitalized his organs enough to withstand the trauma of a transplant while also delaying

  4. Testosterone May Help Heart Failure Patients, Studies Suggest

    Tue, 17 Apr 2012

    programs. End-stage heart failure can be treated with heart transplants; occasionally, doctors implant a left ventricular assist device ( LVAD ), like the one that former Vice President Dick Cheney had before recently undergoing a transplant

  5. Heart Failure Patients Seek 'Cheney Pump'

    Mon, 26 Mar 2012

    Pittsburgh, referring to the Left Ventricular Assist Device or LVAD that pumped Cheney's therapy." For Cheney, the Left Ventricular Assist Device or LVAD was a bridge therapy the enthusiasm for [L] VAD therapy as a viable long-term

  6. Dick Cheney Recovering From Heart Transplant Surgery

    Sat, 24 Mar 2012

    surgery in July 2010 to have a heart pump, called a Left Ventricular Assist Device [ LVAD ] , implanted to treat his recurring heart disease. The LVAD is implanted next to the heart to help its main

  7. Heart Transplant Saves Life of Young Girl Who'd Been Misdiagnosed With Pneumonia

    Thu, 25 Aug 2011

    experimental heartware device called an LVAD -- a left ventricular assist device -- which allowed Greer to regain get the transplant without the LVAD ," says Dr. F. Bennett Pearce have ever been fitted for an LVAD . Greer's prospects were touch

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Videos

  1. Dick Cheney Went Under the Knife

    Wed, 14 Jul 2010

    latest surgery. The pump that was implanted into the former vice president's heart last week is called a left ventricular assist device or L that. It's a battery powered device goes right next to the heart to give them main pumping chamber

    Left Ventricular Assist Device Ventricular Assist found at 0:26

    implanted into the former vice president's heart last week is called a left ventricular assist device or L that. It's a battery powered device -- goes right next to the heart to give them main pumping chamber the
  2. World News (07.14.10)

    Wed, 14 Jul 2010

    latest surgery. The pump that was implanted into the former vice president's heart last week is called a left ventricular assist device or L that. It's a battery powered device goes right next to the heart to give main pumping chamber the

    Left Ventricular Assist Device Ventricular Assist found at 6:47

    implanted into the former vice president's heart last week is called a left ventricular assist device or L that. It's a battery powered device -- goes right next to the heart to give -- main pumping chamber the
  3. Oil Leak Pressure Tests Begin

    Wed, 14 Jul 2010

    latest surgery. The pump that was implanted into the former vice president's heart last week is called a left ventricular assist device or L that. It's a battery powered device goes right next to the heart to give them main pumping chamber

    Left Ventricular Assist Device Ventricular Assist found at 5:59

    implanted into the former vice president's heart last week is called a left ventricular assist device or L that. It's a battery powered device -- goes right next to the heart to give them main pumping chamber the
  4. Profile: Penn State Hershey Heart and Vascular

    Tue, 25 Nov 2008

    editors she is well is in the area mechanical circulatory support. Hershey was the inventor of the Thoratec left ventricular assist device . And another total artificial heart that now is owned by was developed there the Penn State art. Those two

    Left Ventricular Assist Device Ventricular Assist found at 2:15

    the area mechanical circulatory support. Hershey was the inventor of the Thoratec left ventricular assist device And another total artificial heart that now is owned by -- -- was developed there the Penn State art. Those two devices
  5. Totally Implantable Artifical Hearts?

    Thu, 19 Jun 2008

    of the heart is predominantly the weak side. A left ventricular assist device is the optimal therapy but the right side has ability home is being tested currently the left ventricular assist devices that just substitute for the website at

    Left Ventricular Assist Device Ventricular Assist found at 0:56

    the left side of the heart is predominantly the weak side. A left ventricular assist device is the optimal therapy but -- the right side has also become weak. A total artificial heart implant may be the only
  6. LVADs For Heart Failure?

    Thu, 19 Jun 2008

    can't sustain. Normal life anymore. Any such cases a mechanical device implanted in the body that's called left ventricular assist device or an Al fat. And an Al that is pump. That is implanted in the upper abdomen or It has a that connects to

    Left Ventricular Assist Device Ventricular Assist found at 0:18

    such cases a mechanical device implanted in the body that's called -- left ventricular assist device or an Al fat. And an Al that is -- pump. That is implanted in the upper abdomen or -- -- It
  7. Experimental Device Heals a Heart

    Thu, 3 Apr 2008

    thinking of just ten years with him it wasn't enough. So opted for an experimental therapy the heart me to. A left ventricular assist device or which would assist the heart in pumping blood throughout her body. The new device just 13 the size of

    Left Ventricular Assist Device Ventricular Assist found at 2:00

    So -- opted for an experimental therapy the heart me to. A left ventricular assist device or -- -- which would assist the heart in pumping blood throughout her body. The new device just 13 the size of
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Photos

  1. PHOTO: James Williams, 29, became the first patient with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy to receive a ventricular assist device.

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