Cardiac Surgeons Implant World's First New DeBakey Heart Assist Device
Tuesday, September 1, 2009 - 20:14
in Health & Medicine
At the end of July 2009, a team of cardiac surgeons in Germany was the first in the world to implant the HeartAssist 5 ventricular assist device, the modern version of the DeBakey VAD. The device augments the pumping function of the left ventricle in an especially effective, gentle and quiet manner. It pumps blood from the weakened or failed left ventricle into the aorta.