In early September 2025, numerous social media posts online speculated about U.S. President Donald Trump's health, particularly after photographs claiming to show mysterious bumps under his suit ...

Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) surgery is a procedure to place a durable mechanical heart pump into a poorly functioning heart. LVADs help your heart’s lower left chamber (ventricle) pump blood ...

Too old and too sick for a heart transplant, Arvid Herrman was given a choice: Have a mechanical pump implanted in his heart, potentially keeping him alive for several years, or do nothing and almost ...

DANVILLE, Pa. — It's called a Left Ventricular Assist Device or LVAD for short. To some, it may look like a random piece of medical equipment, but to Susanne Brown of Williamsport, it's what saved her ...

Physicians at Washington, D.C.-based MedStar Washington Hospital Center have completed the 300th implant of the HeartMate 3 left ventricular assist device, which treats patients with advanced heart ...

Ventricular assist devices are mechanical pumps that take over the function of the damaged ventricle in order to re-establish normal hemodynamics and end-organ blood flow. In addition, VADs unload the ...