There are more people in need of new hearts than there are hearts available — that's a big reason companies like Abbott Laboratories and Medtronic sell advanced implantable pumps called ...

With approval, the HeartMate 3 System offers physicians in Europe the most advanced ventricular assist technology available to support the management of patients with advanced stage heart failure ST.

Abbott Laboratories' HeartMate 3 heart pump for advanced heart failure kept more patients alive for two years with fewer incidents of stroke than the company's prior left ventricular assist device ...

New data from the MOMENTUM 3 study showed for the first time that a heart pump can extend survival to five years and beyond for advanced heart failure patients Prior data1 have shown survival for ...

A six-month analysis of the pivotal MOMENTUM 3 trial found that patients implanted with the new HeartMate 3 left ventricular assist system (LVAS) had fewer adverse clotting and bleeding events than ...

Thoratec Corporation, a world leader in mechanical circulatory support therapies to save, support and restore failing hearts, announced results from the HeartMate 3 CE Mark trial. HeartMate 3 met the ...

PLEASANTON, Calif., Thoratec Corporation, a world leader in mechanical circulatory support therapies to save, support and restore failing hearts, announced the first ever HeartMate 3™ implant ...

Abbott is recalling thousands of Heartmate II and Heartmate 3 left ventricular assist systems because biological material can build up and obstruct the devices, making them less effective at pumping ...

ST. PAUL, Minn.-- (BUSINESS WIRE)--St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ), a global medical device company, today announced the company has received an Innovation Award for its HeartMate 3 ™ Left ...

If headlines about Abbott’s HeartMate 3 problems are giving you déjà vu, you’re not alone. With three recalls related to the left ventricular assist device (LVAD) so far this year, the news is ...

Back in 2014, MD+DI published a list of the scariest medical devices of that year. Topping the list was Thoratec's HeartMate II left ventricular assist device (LVAD). Interestingly enough, the problem ...