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	Ventricular Assist Device - Definition, Purpose, Demographics, Description, Preparation, Aftercare, Risks, Normal ...
		A ventricular assist device (VAD) is a battery-operated mechanical system consisting of a blood pump and a control unit used for temporary support of blood circulation.
		A VAD is implanted by a cardiothoracic surgeon.
		VADs are implanted in hospitals that are equipped to handle cardiopulmonary bypass procedures, with surgeons that have been trained in the specific techniques required by a given type of VAD.
	www.surgeryencyclopedia.com /St-Wr/Ventricular-Assist-Device.html (1360 words)

	Ventricular Assist Device: Encyclopedia of Medicine
		A ventricular assist device (VAD) is a mechanical pump used for temporary blood circulation support.
		VADs can also be used as a bridge in patients awaiting heart transplantation or in patients who have rejected a transplanted heart.
		Because conditions for which VADs are used vary widely and because of the high risks associated with VAD insertion, the outcome of surgery cannot be predicted.
	health.enotes.com /medicine-encyclopedia/ventricular-assist-device (601 words)

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		The left ventricular assist device, or LVAD or VAD, is a kind of mechanical heart...
		A ventricular (or cardiac) assist device is used when a patient in heart failure has exhausted the usual therapies of medical and surgical care.
		Ventricular assist devices are mechanical heart assist pumps that prolong a patient's life while waiting for a heart transplant.
	www.altavista.com /web/results?q=Assist-Device&kgs=0&kls=1&avkw=aapt (436 words)

	Ventricular assist device Encyclopedia of Medicine - Find Articles
		Cannot be weaned from heart-lung bypass after treatment with intravenous fluids, medications, and insertion of a balloon pump in the aorta
		The arteries and veins that supply blood to the heart muscle.
		"Ventricular Assist Device." In The Patient's Guide to Medical Tests.
	findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g2601/is_0014/ai_2601001446 (631 words)

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