HeartWare LVAD
<p>Aug 05, 2017 07:16 PM
MEDTRONIC bought Heartware in August 2016... for 1.1 billion.</p>
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Jun 04, 2014 08:13 PM wow!!! (see lecture by Joe Woo (new Chief of CT surg at Stfd);</p>
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see Heartware Longhorn (sits inside LV!!!) 5th gen...
blood goes across aortiv valve!!</p>
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in race... some pts walk 4K !!! with LVAD....</p>
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see ENDURANCE Destination Trial (destination means NOT eligible for transplant);</p>
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note take 4.5 watts for 5 L/min (current system)</p>
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see opera singer...returned to stage as an opera singer...
sings with Bolshoi Don Cossaacks....
heart transplant in 2007 and then normal life.</p>
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