FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — It all started in 2023 when Mitchell Evenson was being treated for GI issues. After being sedated for a scope due to those issues, he went into total heart failure. Doctors ...

Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) surgery is a procedure to place a durable mechanical heart pump into a poorly functioning heart. LVADs help your heart’s lower left chamber (ventricle) pump blood ...

DENVER, Colorado — People know Cliff Phillips by many names: grandpa, coach, quarterback, and bionic man. Phillips runs on batteries -- at least the device that keeps him alive does. In 2011, doctors ...

All of these can significantly damage the heart, and an LVAD can help by directing oxygenated blood from the left ventricle of the heart to the aorta. The aorta then distributes this blood throughout ...

Heart failure can make your heart too weak to pump out enough oxygen-rich blood to meet your body's needs. That will leave you tired and short of breath. It may be hard to climb stairs, go to work, or ...

a blood pump a computer, called a controller, and a power supply that remains outside of the body. This equipment connects to the LVAD via a series of wires. The series of wires is called a driveline.

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 ...

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), ...