Heart Failure and the Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD)

Advanced Heart Failure
There were 1 million Americans hospitalized with heart failure in 2000 & 2010.  More new cases are diagnosed every year. Optimal medical management is continuously evolving, through:
  • Medication regimens
  • Implantable cardioverter defibrillators
  • Cardiac resynchronization therapy
Heart failure can be classified as a disease or condition that damages the heart 





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