Your heart is meant to pump oxygen-rich blood and nutrients to organs and other parts around your body. The following figure demonstrates this. The Four Pumping Chambers of the Heart Veins carry blood lacking oxygen from the body to the heart’s right atrium. There, the blood comes to the right ventricle, which pumps this blood […]
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Ventricular Assist Devices
PVAD A percutaneous ventricular assist device, or PVAD, is a small mechanical pump that supports the heart. A PVAD is only meant for short-term support – from a few hours to 15 days. It is usually reserved for those who have developed heart failure due to surgery or a heart attack, and provides the heart […]