什么是人工心脏（心室辅助装置）？人工心脏心室辅助装置（LVAD）是一种机械性的循环辅助设备，用于部分或完全替代心室的泵血功能，帮助心脏将血液输送到全身，主要用于终末期心衰治疗。LVAD最早出现于20世纪60年代，经过60年的发展，目前已经发展到最新的 ...

There is a wide variety of device options for patients with advanced HF, and there has been a tremendous advancement in device designs offering high efficiency and durability. However, patient ...

The BrioVAD ventricular assist device. [Image courtesy of BrioHeart] BrioHealth Solutions announced today that it enrolled its first patients in the U.S. for the INNOVATE trial of its BrioVAD system.

LVAD is a mechanical device that is surgically placed within a person's chest to aid the heart in circulating blood Heart failure happens when the heart's capacity to effectively pump blood is ...

Patients with ventricular tachycardia and ischemic cardiomyopathy are at high risk for adverse outcomes. Catheter ablation is commonly used when antiarrhythmic drugs do not suppress ventricular ...

One of the most feared complications is the occurrence of thromboembolic events (mostly cerebrovascular accidents) due to left ventricular (LV) thrombus formation. The risk of LV thrombus formation is ...

LIDOCAINE (Xylocaine) has become one of the most frequently used drugs in the treatment of ventricular arrhythmias, particularly those associated with acute myocardial infarction. It has been ...

Such techniques can be automatically applied using implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and offer the potential for painless termination of ventricular tachycardia (VT). Reduction in ...