LVAD: Left ventricular assist devices for end-stage heart failure.
Heart failure affects more than 5 million Americans with approximately 200,000 patients in end-stage disease that has failed traditional treatment. Historically, the only option for treatment was a heart transplant until left ventricular assist devices offered another option.
Craig Laing is a nurse practitioner at Christiana Care Cardiology Consultants, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, Del.
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