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The HeartMate 2 L-Vad: Dr. Philip Rozeman
October 5, 2011 KTBS.com
The HeartMate 2 L-Vad: Dr. Philip Rozeman
Prescription Arkansas: The HeartMate
October 5, 2011 Today’s THV
Legendary football coach, Jimmy "red" Parker, 79, has experienced some challenges in his life. The former coach of Citadel in South Carolina, Clemson, Arkansas, A&M, and more has faced some worthy opponents.
Texas Children's Hospital Explants Heart Assist Device: Sends Teen Home with a Healed Heart
Teen sidesteps heart transplantation with help of pediatric heart specialists
August 3, 2011 PR Newswire
Texas Children's Hospital is the nation's first pediatric hospital to both surgically implant and later explant a mechanical ventricular assist device (VAD), inside the chest of a teen with chronic heart failure as a bridge to recovery, avoiding heart transplantation.
Former Riverhead councilman home after life-saving heart surgery
July 25, 2011 Riverhead Local
Former Riverhead councilman Jim Lull may not have a pulse, but he's feeling better than he's felt in a very long time.
Space Shuttle Technology a Real Lifesaver
Shuttle era ends on same day man leaves hospital with life saving shuttle inspired heart pump
July 21, 2011 The 33 News Dallas
The Space Shuttle Atlantis touched down Thursday morning at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida just a few hours before 77 year old Jim Myers checked out of his room at The Heart Hospital Baylor-Plano.
Sharp study shows heart pumps work for older heart failure patients
June 28, 2011 Sign On San Diego
Patients 70 years of age or older can have good functional recovery, survival and quality of life for at least two years after undergoing left ventricular assist device (LVAD) therapy for heart failure, according to the results of a clinical study at Sharp Memorial Hospital.
JACC: Older HF patients have good LVAD outcomes at community hospitals
June 16, 2011 Cardiovascular Business
Advanced age (older than 70 years) should not be used as an independent contraindication when selecting a heart failure (HF) patient for left ventricular assist device (LVAD) therapy at experienced community hospital centers, based on results of a single-center study in the June 21 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
Clinical Strategies and Outcomes in Advanced Heart Failure Patients Older Than 70 Years of Age Receiving the HeartMate II Left Ventricular Assist Device
June 11, 2011 Journal of the American College of Cardiology
The primary objective of this study was to determine outcomes in left ventricular assist device (LVAD) patients older than age 70 years.
Storytellers: Heart pump keeps Valley man alive
May 9, 2011 The Arizona Republic
Kevin Lausch couldn't speak because of the tubes in his throat, so he reached for his wife's hand and, using his finger, slowly wrote "p-r-i-e-s-t" in her palm.
Heart machine keeps man ticking
April 27, 2011 STLtoday.com
A swim in the ocean off a beach in the Virgin Islands topped Thomas Nichols' bucket list.
No cowardly lions
April 14, 2011 News Tribune
Life comes one beat at a time for heart transplant patients before and after surgery.
Man Gets Second Chance At Life
February 19, 2011 KPTM
A technology for patients experiencing heart failure is available in Omaha. The device allows more people to be eligible for heart transplants.
Heart pump heaps hope on patients
Ventricular assistive device keeps tickers ticking
February 9, 2011 Austin News
It's been three years now since surgeons began using a new heart pump inside patients' bodies and they couldn't be happier with the results.
Valentine Goes Home With New Heart
February 8, 2011 Sacremento Press
For many people Valentine’s Day is a holiday filled with love, romance and affection. It’s a time for meaningful cards, flowers and sentimental gifts. But this year, one Sacramento Valentine received a gift like no other. He received the gift of life – a new heart.
Pump bridges the gap from old heart to new
January 27, 2011 Omaha World-Herald
Two years ago heart disease left Gary Smith so weak that he struggled to walk from his recliner to the bathroom.
From the Brink: Ventricular Assist Devices for Heart Failure
January 21, 2011 DukeHealth.org
Sometimes it pays to be a zebrafish. You could stab a zebrafish in the heart, and that zebrafish would grow new heart muscle and keep on swimming.
Heart to heart: new medical procedure offered in Valley
December 10, 2010 KFSN-TV Fresno, CA
A new medical procedure is available to Valley residents who suffer from heart disease. A heart pump is improving life for patients waiting for a new heart.
Madison County’s Patsy Dudley finds new hope, and new life, in lifesaving heart pump
September 10, 2010 Madison Journal Today
You might say Patsy Dudley and her husband Joe have a new lease on life, thanks to one of the wonders of modern technology.
Woman's heart revival an unexplained gift
August 30, 2010 The Columbus Dispatch
Melissa Justice was on the operating table. In minutes, surgeons would open her chest to remove her heart. She'd been told she would die without the donor heart that awaited.
Take it to Heart
Technology gives Ron Spotts a Second Chance at Life
August 21, 2010 The Express (Lockhaven, PA)
Ron Spotts, a lifelong resident of Beech Creek, enjoys skiing, working on the house, gardening and going to Penn State football games with his family.
N.C. hospitals offer new heart device that may replace need for transplants
July 15, 2010 News 14
Charlotte, NC A 21-year-old North Carolina man has a new lease on life thanks to a new heart implant device. Sivinty Puth received the Heart Mate, a Ventricular Assist Device, not a moment too soon.
Cheney recuperating from heart implant operation
July 14, 2010 USA Today
Former vice president Dick Cheney, 69, announced Wednesday that doctors implanted a small pump in his chest last week to support his failing heart.
Technology Brings New Hope for People With Heart Failure
June 7, 2010 U.Va. Health System
An acute cardiomyopathy sends a new mom to the brink of death. A Redskins fan with heart failure is sidelined by his illness. A heart condition keeps a hunting enthusiast from the activity he loves most.
Bionic heart keeps bride, 22, alive
Instead of her funeral, she’s planning her wedding today
May 26, 2010 MSNBC - TodayShow.com
Emotionally, college student Ally Smith’s heart told her to marry Mike Babineaux. But medically, it told her to push Mike away, because she wouldn’t survive to enjoy a full life with him.
Pump enriching lives of end-stage heart patients
May 13, 2010 The Dallas Morning News
Technically speaking, Al Senter died almost two years ago. But there he was last week, undeniably alive, climbing up and down a ladder, trimming the bushes around his Flower Mound home.
U.S. faces an epidemic of heart failure, but better treatment offers hope
May 12, 2010 The Oregonian
By the time X-rays uncovered the cause of Nakia Hentz’ pain and weakness, her heart had swelled to three times its normal size.
The Amityville honour
Jamaican heart surgeon shares Long Island, NY history
May 9, 2010 Jamaica Observer (Jamaica, W.I.)
THE Amityville Horror movie is an all-time favourite of Jamaicans. But one Jamaican has prevented what could have been horror for an Amityville, Long Island man by performing successful life-saving heart surgery on him.
Patient youngest in the state to receive artificial heart
April 30, 2010 WCSC-TV (CBS) Charleston, SC
Asha Wilson sat in the hotel she's staying in remembering the pain of the last few months.
UT Southwestern Patient Among First in North Texas to Receive Permanent Heart Implant
April 20, 2010 Newswise
Federal approval for an alternative therapy to heart transplantation led to a new lease on life for a UT Southwestern Medical Center patient who suffered from heart failure for nearly a decade.
Device brings new life to patients who can't get a heart transplant
Seton Medical Center Austin among hospitals offering surgery; Scott & White expects to offer it soon in Temple.
April 12, 2010 Austin American-Statesman
After tying the laces on one shoe, Keith Groscost of Cedar Park had to rest before he could tie the other laces. Walking left him breathless. And he used oxygen while sleeping. Groscost had heart failure, and the doctors told him that at 79, he was too old for a transplant.
New medical device gives retired teacher a new chance at life
Students will honor Robert Cooley at his namesake school later this spring
April 10, 2010 Roseville Press-Tribune (CA)
Robert Cooley used only two sick days during his whole 37-year teaching career.
Heart pump op buys more time for Rogerstone man
March 19, 2010 South Wales Argus (UK)
AFTER spending almost four years waiting for a new heart, Stewart Rankin is hoping an operation today to fit an artificial heart pump will make the wait a little easier.
70-year-old has new device and dedicated team to thank for his life
March 16, 2010 Carroll County News
Diagnosed with Stage 4 heart failure, unable to tie his shoes, walk across the room, or bend over, options for 70-year-old Jim Chilson seemed slim.
New implanted heart pumps give hope to more heart failure patients
March 9, 2010 KENS5.com (TX)
There’s new hope for thousands of patients suffering from heart failure. It’s a new implanted pump that keeps the blood moving and vastly improves the quality of life.
HeartMate II can take place of transplant
March 3, 2010 Today's THV
Now some patients with heart failure have a choice between a heart transplant and living the rest of their life with a mechanical assist device that can be replaced when needed.
Sacramento man offers hope to others with heart pump
March 2, 2010 Republican Herald (PA)
No doubt, Charlie R. Shade's "heart" is in the right place.
Allegheny General Hospital gets OK for heart failure device
February 17, 2010 Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
The FDA has approved a new technology that was tested at Allegheny General Hospital for patients with advanced heart failure who do not qualify for a transplant.
FDA Approves New Device Investigated at AGH for Patients With Advanced Heart Failure
February 17, 2010 HealthCanal
A revolutionary heart assist technology investigated for several years at Allegheny General Hospital (AGH) has been approved by the FDA forpatients with advanced heart failure who do not qualify for heart transplantation. Called the Thoratec® HeartMate II® Left Ventricular Assist System (LVAS), the device is now available as “destination therapy” – or long-term treatment for those patients.
Surgeons at Morristown hospital implant unique heart device
February 16, 2010 NJ.com
When Carter Blankenship agreed to have a battery-operated device implanted in his chest, he had no idea he would be making medical history.
New HeartMate II pump is latest bridge to life
February 16, 2010 USA Today
When Leonor Childers' heart quit, it wasn't without reason.
Heart device offers hope of longer life
February 12, 2010 The Columbus Dispatch
Bob Jiles believes in accepting what he cannot change. The 76-year-old Dayton man was suffering from heart failure and knew he was living his final days when his cardiologist sat him down about a month ago and told him he might have a shot at more time.
FDA approves heart pump that showed promise in UW trial
February 11, 2010 The Badger Herald
The United States Food and Drug Administration recently approved a newly developed heart pump tested in a clinical trial at the University of Wisconsin.
New heart pump could benefit thousands
February 10, 2010 PhysOrg.com
Although they have neither a pulse nor a measurable blood pressure, people with advanced heart failure lived longer and felt better when implanted with a new small pump that circulates their blood, according to UW Health heart experts whose patients took part in a recent clinical trial.
New Hope For Severe Heart Failure Patients
February 8, 2010 The Boston Channel
There is new hope for thousands of the sickest of heart patients. As NewsCenter 5's Heather Unruh reported Monday, researchers say the heart pump device could save, and improve countless lives.
Beat of Hope
February 8, 2010 My Fox DC
Thousands have been left in the dark this week due to the snow storm. For one Maryland mother, having electricity literally means the difference between life and death.
FDA approves mechanical heart pump for long-term use in cardiac patients based partly on Hershey Medical Center trials
February 4, 2010 The Patriot News (PA)
The FDA has approved the HeartMate II heart assist device for long-term use in patients with advanced heart failure who do not qualify for heart transplants. The Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center has been instrumental in trials that led to the decision, according to hospital officials.
Why Some Are 'Opting Out' Of Heart Transplants
February 1, 2010 Health News Digest - (HealthNewsDigest.com - COLUMBUS, Ohio)
Thanks to some remarkable technology, patients at Ohio State University Medical Center are choosing to take themselves off of the heart transplant waiting list and are living to tell about it. With the help of a ventricular assist device (VAD), or heart pump, in some cases these heart failure patients can live a full, active life without ever needing a new heart.
Pump tested at Sharp OK’d for more hearts
January 27, 2010 San Diego Union Tribune
People who suffer from late-stage heart failure but don’t qualify for a transplant now have a new option: a cell-phone-size heart pump tested at Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego.
Heart Pump Could Save Possibly Millions of Lives
January 27, 2010 Voice of America
The World Health Organization says heart disease kills about 17 million people every year and that it will become the leading cause of death in developing countries. But now, there is some hope. A new device is being marketed that could save countless lives.
Heart Pump gets Green Light
January 27, 2010 NBC San Diego
A locally tested device is offering a new option for severe heart-failure patients.
Life Without a Pulse: Heart Pump Aids Cardiac Patients
January 23, 2010 ABC World News
You might never know by looking at him, but 78-year-old Richard Stowe has a mechanical pump inside his chest, doing most of the work of his weakened heart.
Heart pump developed in Houston approved by Houston
January 21, 2010 Top News
The US Food and Drug Administration approved the usage of a heart pump this week
FDA Approves VAD Used at Barnes-Jewish for Destination Therapy
January 21, 2010 HealthCanal.com
Physicians at Barnes-Jewish Hospital can expand use of a device targeted at helping heart failure patients survive long term, thanks to a decision today by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
FDA Approves for Permanent Treatment of Advanced Heart Failure Assist Device Pioneered by Texas heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital
January 21, 2010 Business Wire
The federal Food and Drug Administration today approved a continuous-flow heart-assist device pioneered at the Texas Heart Institute (THI) at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital (SLEH) for use as a permanent treatment for advanced heart failure.
HeartMate II LVAD as Permanent Option for Heart Failure
January 21, 2010 MedGadget
The FDA has just issued clearance for Thoratec Corporation's HeartMate II LVAD (left ventricular assist device) to be used as a permanent therapy in patients with severe heart failure that are not candidates for organ replacement.
FDA Gives Approval to New Heart Device
January 21, 2010 MedPage Today
The FDA has granted premarket approval to a second left ventricular assist system (HeartMate II).
FDA approved HeartMate II for destination therapy in patients with advanced-stage HF
January 21, 2010 Cardiology Today
The FDA has granted approval of Thoratec's HeartMate II left ventricular assist device, allowing the use of the device for destination therapy.
Heart-Assist System Approved for Severe Heart Failure: Among people who aren't candidates for heart transplant
January 20, 2010 US News & World Report
A device that helps the heart's left ventricle pump blood in people who have severe heart failure but who aren't candidates for heart transplant has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Implanted heart pump keeps teenager active
January 17, 2010 Wilton Villager (CT)
It was the kind of complaint any mother of a 16-year-old has heard a hundred times: "Mom, I don't feel well."
"The Bionic Woman"
January 12, 2010 National Public Radio
Leonor Childers is one of the few people in this country who have a new kind of heart pump - one that is permanently implanted, which she plugs into the wall each night.
79-year-old with heart assist device serves as inspiration to others
January 12, 2010 Penn Live (Patriot News) (PA)
The decision to have a left ventricle assist device installed in his body was an easy one for Charles Shade.
Battery-powered pump is implanted in teenager with unexplained heart failure
January 12, 2010 Washington Post
It was the kind of complaint any mother of a 16-year-old has heard a hundred times: "Mom, I don't feel well."
Heart pump restores hope for transplant candidates
October 26, 2010 Jackson Clarion Ledger (online)
Charles Cleveland, 56, of Hazlehurst was on a heart transplant waiting list earlier this year when his health began to deteriorate.
Health Watch: Heart Transplant Pump
July 15, 2008 WAGA-TV CH 5 (FOX) Atlanta
Adam Cooper was a healthy college senior until this Spring, when he caught a flu-like virus he just couldn't shake. Now, more than two months after he was hospitalized at St. Joseph's hospital, Adam is finally hoping to go home.
Pennsylvania Man Thankful for Artificial Heart Pump
University of Rochester doctors offer high-tech treatment after severe heart attack
November 21, 2011 HealthCanal.com (PA)
When the Bell family gathers Thursday to give thanks, they will add the doctors and nurses at the University of Rochester Medical Center to the list of blessings received this year. For the first time in six months, patriarch Kyle Bell will be at the table, following life-saving care for his failing heart.
My Device: LVAD
November 28, 2011 Discoveries Magazine
More than 5 million Americans are afflicted with congestive heart failure. Of these, 70,000 will have advanced heart failure that cannot be treated with conventional therapies. For these patients, the one-year survival rate is less than 50 percent and is associated with an extremely poor quality of life.
Miracle Heart Pump
Implant gives dying patients new life
December 1, 2011 AARP Bulletin
"My heart was failing. I was dying. It was as simple as that," Bill Sowden, 80, remembers. "They told me I had four to six weeks to live. I began to put my affairs in order. I even arranged for the music I wanted performed at my funeral." That was more than five years ago.
Implanted blood pump heartens Toledoan’s Yule
December 17, 2011 Toledo Blade
James Howell can get around on his own this holiday season after two area surgeons replaced his failed heart with an artificial blood pump in what appears to be the first such surgery in northwest Ohio.
New heart pump makes Toledo debut
December 16, 2011 WTOL-TV
For those waiting on a heart transplant, a new mechanical heart pump known as the LVAD can give the patient a new lease on life.
High School Athlete Awaiting Heart Transplant Goes Home For Holidays
December 22, 2011 CBS Miami
A Florida high school athlete on a heart assist device, and awaiting a heart and kidney transplant, will be going home Friday just in time to celebrate the holidays with his family.
Heart pump gives new life to Benton woman
December 26, 2011 The Saline Courier
LaDonna McCormack had hoped to have a new heart by Christmas.
She didn't get it, but she got the next best thing: a tiny heart pump that is literally saving her life every day.
Medical City doctor talks about life-saving heart pump
December 28, 2011 WFAA
Five million people in the United States suffer from congestive heart failure. It's a serious condition where the heart can't pump enough blood through your body. In a News 8 Daybreak exclusive, Cynthia Izaguirre talks with the doctor who helped save Shirley Wilber's life, Dr. Todd Dewey, of Medical City Dallas.
Implantable heart pump saving lives
December 28, 2011 FOX Toledo Online
If you need an organ transplant, there's no guarantee one will be available for you.
University of Toledo Medical Center's Dr. Mark Bonnell talks about in this edition of FOX Toledo Talk Back about the implantable mechanical heart pump that's being used in Toledo to save lives.
Garland Woman's Heart Pump Makes Medical History
December 29, 2011 Yahoo! News
No pulse and no blood pressure, but local man has a generous heart
January 8, 2012 Bluefield Daily Telegraph
This story was important enough for Joe Kessler’s wife to type and hand-deliver to the Bluefield Daily Telegraph. For the past eight months, Donna Kessler has been her husband’s constant companion. Even when he rang the bell for the Salvation Army last month, she sat in the car and watched Joe’s joy of volunteering.
Saint Thomas Heart Opens New Ventricular Assist Device Center; One of Only 33 Dedicated Centers in United States
Middle Tennessee’s only certified Destination Therapy program offers renewed hope and results for advanced heart failure patients
January 18, 2012 Businesswire
Saint Thomas Hospital, a member of Saint Thomas Health and a national leader in cardiac care, announced today the opening of the Saint Thomas Heart Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) Center at an invitation only event at LP Field. The center, which is one of only 33 dedicated VAD centers in the United States, will meet the needs of the sickest heart failure patients in Middle Tennessee and southern Kentucky.
Winchester Resident First Here To Get Heart Pump Device
January 19, 2012 The Herald Chronicle
Winchester resident is the first in Franklin County to receive a Ventricular Assist Device (VAD), after the recommendation of St. Thomas cardiologist and heart failure specialist, Dr. Don Chomsky, who recently provided this newspaper with information on this latest state-of-the-art device.
New device helps save heart patients
January 24, 2012 WNYT – Channel 13
That Dave Morey is going home is almost miraculous.
It's almost two months to the day he arrived at Albany Medical Center, fairly knocking on heaven's gate. His congestive heart failure was so advanced, he'd run out of options.
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