title: Advances in ventricular assist devices improve care of heart failure patients.  VADs help improve the lives of patients waiting for heart transplants, as well as those who are not good candidates for transplantation.
mesh_terms: D002302:Cardiac Output; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000628:therapy*; D018497:Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / Q000628:therapy*