Medscape11d
Heart Failure Care Outside of ICU Can Lower Cost
A protocol for transitioning patients with heart failure and a left ventricular assist device to a stepdown unit from the ICU ...
'This is life support for me:' At 29, he's reffed 12,000 games. Now his heart is failing him
After six days in the hospital, Punturi was sent home with medicine, but on Sept. 8 as he was watching the Steelers beat the ...
Farnham Herald8d
National Hat Day: Spot the one man missing his hat in this World War One photo of Farnham
This week’s Peeps into the Past is doffing its cap to National Hat Day on Friday, March 28 with this remarkable photo of a ...
Why my sister chose VAD, and why I now support VAD | Brigette Mitchell
Adelaide businesswoman Brigette Mitchell, who is the owner of Finesse Models Australia, is sharing her sister Louise’s story ...
University of South Florida7d
USF student gets to the heart of obesity
In the United States, obesity is estimated to cause between 280,000 and 374,000 deaths each year and more than $170 billion ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation8d
Gillian White used Voluntary Assisted Dying, but others face barriers
"[VAD] is not for everyone ... in pain and not wanting to know things had been out of her control. "And being left in pain and not having a quality of life I think that terrified her." ...
Medscape21d
Pediatric Ventricular Assist Devices
The HeartMate II is currently the only continuous-flow left-ventricular assist device (LVAD) approved by the FDA for both bridge-to-transplantation and destination therapy. Because of its ...
I'm 21, and I have end-stage heart failure. This is what it's like
Chantal Pelletier of Grand Falls, N.B. is sharing what her life is like wearing a left ventricular assist device (LVAD), a ...
21-year-old living with end stage heart failure is sharing her story with millions online: 'I wake up everyday happy I’m still alive'
Chantal Pelletier of Grand Falls, N.B. is sharing what her life is like wearing a left ventricular assist device (LVAD), a ...