UWTV Program: Current Status of Ventricular Assist Devices for Chronic Heart Failure

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Current Status of Ventricular Assist Devices for Chronic Heart Failure

Examine mechanical devices used to keep patients’ hearts pumping. Dr. Nahush A. Mokadam, assistant professor of surgery in the University of Washington’s School of Medicine and the surgical director at the Heart Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support at UW Medical Center, discusses many kinds of Ventricular Assist Devices, or VADs. When should a patient receive one of these devices? What are the benefits and risks of each type? Learn what drives the University of Washington Medical Center’s high success rates for patients who receive these devices.

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Subject(s):

Health and Medicine

Speaker(s):

Dr. Nahush A. Mokadam, assistant professor, Surgery, University of Washington’s School of Medicine; surgical director, Heart Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support, University of Washington Medical Center

Production Date:

05/27/2009

Runtime:

00:24:42

Rating:

TV-PG

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(Pacific Time)