Stanford University: Small Pump for Kids Awaiting Heart Transplant Shows Promise in Stanford Medicine-Led Trial
May 08, 2024
May 08, 2024
STANFORD, California, May 8 (TNSres) -- Stanford University School of Medicine issued the following news:
By Erin Digitale
A small, implantable cardiac pump that could help children await heart transplants at home, not in the hospital, has performed well in the first stage of human testing.
The pump, a new type of ventricular assist device, or VAD, is surgically attached to the heart to augment its blood-pumping action in individuals with heart failure, all . . .
By Erin Digitale
A small, implantable cardiac pump that could help children await heart transplants at home, not in the hospital, has performed well in the first stage of human testing.
The pump, a new type of ventricular assist device, or VAD, is surgically attached to the heart to augment its blood-pumping action in individuals with heart failure, all . . .