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DeBakey VAD

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DeBakey VAD®
Cardiology A miniaturized ventricular assist device which provides ↑ blood flow in Pts with CHF


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Byline: ANI Washington, Aug 18 (ANI): In a revolutionary surgery, cardiac surgeons at Heidelberg University Hospital for the first time implanted the HeartAssist 5 ventricular assist device, the modern version of the DeBakey VAD in July this year.
Jonathan Drummond-Webb, the heart team at Arkansas Children's Hospital performed the world's first successful heart transplant on a child--a 14-year-old Cabot boy--who first had a miniaturized heart pump known as the DeBakey VAD Child, a ventricular assist device.
The supplement changes the patient randomization scheme to a 2:1 ratio of MicroMed DeBakey VAD implants to Thoratec HeartMate XVE implants.
 
 
 
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