How to Use ventricular assist device in a Sentence
ventricular assist device
noun
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Powers is now using a left ventricular assist device (LAVD), which helps pump blood from her left ventricle to the rest of her body.
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Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
2 Feb. 2022
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Black patients were more likely to be prescribed ventricular assist devices, pumps that helps blood flow, than heart transplants, especially if their health care provider was over 40.
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Mary Kilpatrick,
cleveland,
11 Nov. 2019
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The device, called an LVAD or left ventricular assist device, is often recommended to patients who have reached a stage of advanced heart failure where their hearts can no longer pump enough blood to meet their body's demand.
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Maria Clark,
NOLA.com,
7 Feb. 2018
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That search unveiled a fourth infected patient, also with a left ventricular assist device.
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Jessica Bartlett,
BostonGlobe.com,
6 Mar. 2023
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One suffered permanent renal damage and a weakened heart requiring a left ventricular assist device, his suit states.
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Ron Hurtibise,
Sun-Sentinel.com,
29 June 2018
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The transplant program has also successfully implanted three ventricular assist devices -- electromechanical heart pumps -- without complications in the last year, according to OHSU.
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oregonlive,
10 Apr. 2020
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