Left Ventricular Assist Device
Medicaid expansion may improve availability of VADs for low-income patients
Increased frequency of ventricular assist device implantation occurred in states that expanded Medicaid eligibility criteria from 2013 to 2015, researchers reported.
Outcomes in targeted LV lead implantation vs. anatomical approach similar at 12 months
Among patients needing left ventricular lead implantation, those who underwent an approach based on increased electrical delay in the LV region had similar 12-month outcomes as those who had anatomical implantation, researchers reported.
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Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD)
A left ventricular assist device (LVAD) is a surgically implanted cardiac assist mechanism which essentially acts mechanically like the heart.
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Heart Transplantation Topic Review
Clinically, the current practice of orthotopic cardiac transplantation involves the surgical removal of a patient’s terminally diseased heart and surgical implantation of a healthy donor heart.