Surgical treatments for heart failure and cardiomypathy are introduced below.
Short-Term and Long-Term Ventricular Assist Device Insertion
A left ventricular assist device (LVAD) is a battery-operated, mechanical pump-type device that's surgically implanted. It helps maintain the pumping ability of a heart that can't effectively work on its own.
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Operations for high risk patients suffering from congestive heart failure.
Left Ventricular Remodeling: Surgical Ventricular Restoration (SAVER)
This technique provides the heart with a more normal shape after a heart attack, which allows it to pump blood more efficiently.
A patch is used to separate the dead tissue from healthy heart muscle. The patch is made of a synthetic material called Dacron, which is also used to make fabrics and replacements for the aorta, the main artery leading out of the heart.
The dead tissue is not removed: the patch simply isolates it from the functioning heart muscle. The remodeled heart cavity is smaller and more powerful.
Cardiac Transplantation
Evaluation for cardiac transplantation is part of the services provided by our heart failure and heart transplant programs.
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