title: Tiny pumps can help when heart failure advances.  Left ventricular assist devices support the heart while waiting for--or in place of--a heart transplant.
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D014850:Waiting Lists