First HeartAssist5® VAD Implant Performed in the U.S.
Chicago, Illinois. March 9, 2015. A patient at the University of Chicago Medicine was the first in the United States to be implanted with the HeartAssist5® Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) as part of an FDA clinical trial being conducted by Houston-based ReliantHeart, Inc. The HeartAssist5® VAD is a small mechanical pump implanted to support left… Read more »