ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) – The cardiology team at URMC announced their recent achievement of providing their 1000th Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) to a patient in need. Jessica Driffill of ...

Sue Baker was used to spending time in the hospital. She had started having heart troubles in 2015, and as the issue escalated, she spent more and more time in the hospital. She had a pacemaker ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – UR Medicine is celebrating a milestone of performing its 1,000th life-saving heart pump surgery. The pumps, also known as LVADs, are given to people experiencing severe heart failure ...

New concepts in device therapy for advanced heart failure presented in early reports ...

In heart failure, the necessary oxygen levels and nutrients do not meet the body’s demands, setting off a domino effect of congestion in the lungs, kidneys and other areas. About 6.7 million adults in ...

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 ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - As February marks Heart Awareness Month, new advancements in heart technology are providing hope for those in need of advanced heart function assistance. Ladonis Patton, a husband ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . There is only one mechanical heart pump available in the U.S. for patients with heart failure requiring left ...

A cardiac surgery and heart failure team at the University of Michigan implanted a novel mechanical heart pump into a patient as part of a clinical trial that will compare it to the only device ...

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 ...