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VAD
(redirected from Ventricular assist device)

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VAD
(Medicine) (Military) (Historical Terms)
abbreviation for Voluntary Aid Detachment
n
(Medicine) (Military) (Historical Terms) a nurse serving in the Voluntary Aid Detachment
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Aa The "artificial heart" implant operation involves the insertion of a device called a Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) that takes over the functions of the left ventricle of the heart, the dominant chamber which is responsible for pumping oxygenated blood via the aorta to the rest of the body.
AUB team successfully performs country's first artificial heart ... by The Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon)
Byline: ANI Washington, Aug 18 (ANI): In a revolutionary surgery, cardiac surgeons at Heidelberg University Hospital for the first time implanted the HeartAssist 5 ventricular assist device, the modern version of the DeBakey VAD in July this year.
World's first new DeBakey heart assist device implanted successfully by Asian News International
Patients appeared less likely to survive following a combined heart and kidney transplant if, before surgery, they had peripheral vascular disease, were older than 65, had heart failure not caused by blocked or narrowed arteries, were dependent on dialysis or were placed on a ventricular assist device as a bridge to transplantation.
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