Battery-operated left ventricular assist devices may restore cardiac function for some heart failure patients.

June 17, 2003 - Progressive left ventricular (LV) remodeling and poor LV function following myocardial infarction (MI) are associated with increased risk of ventricular arrhythmias, according to ...

In a different study, implantation with an LVAD as compared with continued inotropic therapy left patients on a donor waiting list with significantly better renal function when they went to ...

In a large, multi-center study of cognitive function in 1,173 LVAD patients (abstract 401) researchers found: More than one in four patients experienced notable cognitive decline in the year ...

Patients with COVID-19 had impaired left ventricular diastolic and right ventricular function despite most patients having preserved LV systolic function, researchers found in a study published in ...