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New way to mend a broken heart
April 19, 2013 London Community News
After 73 days in the hospital, Suzana DeSousa is ready to go home.
Thanks to a device recently approved for a trial by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, she is now able to.
Meet JoeAnn Bivins: From heart failure to choir singing record-setter
Implanted at the University of Michigan, Detroit mother is longest surviving patient with a heart assist device
March 25, 2013 University of Michigan Health System News
The University of Michigan Samuel and Jean Frankel Cardiovascular Center is helping to set new standards for what patients with heart failure can expect out of life.
Pittsboro woman, 72, gets new heart
March 20, 2013 WTHR-TV
At an age when too many senior citizens are giving up, a Pittsboro woman is getting a second chance with a new heart.
Lifesaving Technology Provides Promise for Heart Failure Patients
March 15, 2013 American River Messenger
Kristi Mardis was diagnosed with severe heart failure in her early 20s. For years, she had no quality of life, no energy. Simple everyday tasks were challenging.
Mechanical heart pumps keep Porter brothers alive
March 12, 2013 Houston Chronicle
Porter brothers Tyler Wertz and Austin Tucker are the world's first patients with Becker muscular dystrophy who are being kept alive by mechanical heart pumps while they await heart transplants.
Keeping the Heart Beating: the LVAD Implant Update
February 12, 2013 WNEP-TV
A few months ago we showed you a device called an LVAD, or left ventricular assist device, that doctors at Geisinger were trained to use but hadn’t yet on an area heart patient. That changed in December, when they implanted one into the chest of a man from Columbia County.
Lifesaving Technology Provides Promise for Heart Failure Patients
February 12, 2013 Imperial Valley News
Kristi Mardis was diagnosed with severe heart failure in her early 20s. For years, she had no quality of life, no energy. Simple everyday tasks were challenging.
“I couldn’t go out or do things with family and friends. I could barely make myself dinner. Sometimes, I could barely breathe,” she said. “I was simply existing. I wasn’t living.”
Small, Simple, Lifesaving
February 1, 2013 Slice Magazine
We describe it as racing when we’re excited, skipping when we’re startled, swelling when we’re proud – it gets name-checked a great deal in this season of romance. The heart is associated with a wide range of emotions, but its function is to move blood through the body, and when it fails to do that the emotions involved are predominantly desperation and sorrow. But now, thanks to the availability of the HeartMate II from Thoratec, a little more hope.
Implantable Heart Pumps Are Keeping The Beat Going
January 29, 2013 KPBS News
For people under 65 with end-stage heart disease, a heart transplant can mean the difference between life and death.
But there aren’t nearly enough donated hearts to go around. As a result, thousands of Americans are on a waiting list, including 30 people in San Diego.
Left Ventricular Device saves woman's life
January 22, 2013 The Oklahoman
After Pam Golden received a Left Ventricular Assist Device, or LVAD, she said her life changed for the better.
Latina Gets Second Chance at Life with Heart Pump
December 11, 2012 Fox News Latino
About six months after Mayra Rodriguez was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in October 2005, she made another discover, making eight cycles of aggressive chemotherapy worth it.
The 33-year-old New Jersey native was pregnant with her first child.
However, Rodriguez’s celebration was short-lived. After being warned by doctors delivering a baby could weaken her heart due to her therapy, she had both a son and heart failure.
Surgery gives Avella man mechanical heart
November 27, 2012 Observer-Reporter
Dave Kelso had his heart replaced by an LVAD pump after his wife, Norma, learned about it on the Internet.
Battery-powered hearts give two brothers a fighting chance
October 10, 2012 KHOU 11 News
At their home in Porter, brothers Tyler Wertz and Austin Tucker can spend hours playing Xbox. The day we visited the game of choice was mixed-martial arts courtesy of the UFC. But next to their television sits a much more important piece of equipment: the computer and battery charger keeping them both alive.
Device Offers Second Chance at Life
October 9, 2012 KOLN-TV
A Morse Bluff man has received a second chance at life, thanks to some new and improved medical technology.
Man Cherishes Electrical Heart
September 18, 2012 Booneville Democrat
George Houston was supposed to have a doctor’s appointment last Thursday, but it was rescheduled.
That was okay. After all, the appointment was bumped because Houston’s doctor would be busy helping someone with a left ventricular assist device (LVAD).
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