A Heart Transplant Gives Man a Second Chance
Needing surgery to help him survive until he could get a heart transplant, Larry K. gets a special surprise as he’s being prepped for a ventricular assist device.
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Treatment Options for Heart Failure
The term heart failure is daunting, whether you’re a patient or family member of someone who has been diagnosed with this condition. Obviously, we all need our hearts to work in order to live. There are degrees of heart failure and appropriate treatments for each stage of the condition. Early on, many patients do well with more »
Managing Heart Failure with Ventricular Assist Devices
If you were diagnosed with heart failure 10 or 15 years ago, there wasn’t much hope for recovery. Today, however, a heart pump known as a VAD has improved a person’s quality of life.