A novel approach to removing excess fluid through the skin and a new strategy to prevent right ventricular failure after LVAD implantation are among the highlights of the January issue of the Journal ...
Beware a maculopapular rash years after left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation, according to clinicians describing the phenomenon of LVAD vasculitis in a case series. Three cases of LVAD ...
Heart failure is a major public health problem. For terminal heart failure the treatment of choice used to be heart transplantation during the last three decades. But this is changing, largely due to ...
For some patients, a percutaneous left ventricular assist device (LVAD) may increase the risk of subsequent aortic regurgitation (AR), especially when there’s a need for longer support, new data ...
When it comes to receiving a new heart, some patients with advanced heart failure may be put at a disadvantage by recent policy changes from the US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), ...
A recent change in Medicare policy designed to increase access to left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) may have had the unintended consequence of increasing inequalities in access to heart ...