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Stanford University: Small Pump for Kids Awaiting Heart Transplant Shows Promise in Stanford Medicine-Led Trial
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 . . .

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