Assertion: ventricular assist device | /r/HasProperty | lvad
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text: A left ventricular assist device (LVAD) pumping blood from the left ventricle to the aorta, connected to an externally worn control unit and battery pack.
text: A ventricular assist device (VAD) is an electromechanical device for assisting cardiac circulation, which is used either to partially or to completely replace the function of a failing heart.
text: The first left ventricular assist device (LVAD) was implanted in 1963 by Liotta and E. Stanley Crawford.