Assertion: artificial heart's pump | /r/Synonym | left ventricular assist device
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text: Doctors treating heart failure have two options: a pump placed next to the heart, generally on the left side, that pumps the blood for the heart (what's known as a left ventricular assist device, or LVAD), or a total artificial heart (TAH).
text: It’s a mechanical pump known as a left ventricular assist device, or LVAD.
text: Only the left ventricle is affected in about 85 to 90 percent of patients with advanced end-stage heart failure — which qualifies them for the smaller and less-invasive pump known as a left ventricular assist device (LVAD).