NEW YORK -- Harold E. Doley, Jr. had just weeks to live by the time he decided to get a life-saving procedure at NewYork- Presbyterian. He is fifty-year member of the New York Stock Exchange who ...

Mike Arnold called himself "Iron Man" last May. It was a joke, with some truth attached. He was in a hospital bed at CHI Health Nebraska Heart in Lincoln where a high-tech gadget called a left ...

For some patients, a percutaneous left ventricular assist device (LVAD) may increase the risk of subsequent aortic regurgitation (AR), especially when there’s a need for longer support, new data ...

Implanting a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) involves putting a mechanical pump into the chest near the heart to help, or take over, the pumping of blood throughout the body. It is often used ...