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 ...
In 2006, Steve Pitkin suffered a serious heart attack while hiking above Salt Lake City with his daughter. The main artery in Pitkin’s heart was completely blocked, leaving 70% of his left ventricle ...
Black people and women with severe heart failure who might be good candidates for surgery to implant a heart-assisting device have a lower chance of actually getting that operation than white patients ...
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