An LVAD, for those of you who have somehow stumbled onto this blog, is a Left Ventricular Assist Device. In layman's terms, it helps the left side of the heart pump blood to the rest of the body, when the heart is just NOT strong enough to do it alone.
Here's a link from the American Heart Association. http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/HeartFailure/PreventionTreatmentofHeartFailure/Implantable-Medical-Devices-for-Heart-Failure_UCM_306354_Article.jsp
Check back for links and maybe more descriptions.
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