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Hello, I am new to this forum . I had my lvad surgery on September 19 . Everything seems to be going good except for the fact that i can hear the high pitched hum of the pump .H as anyone else had this problem?

Hi My father is 60 years old who suffered a ischemic stroke on 11/1/2018. Right now he is half paralyzed with aphasia. He has chronic heart failure. His heart is working 15-20%. He had a bypass in 2006 and a pacemaker implanted in 2012. I talked to a heart failure specialist who said our hope is...

Hello My name is Bassit Nawaz, I was your average university student living a healthy and active lifestyle while making time to study and was on the path to obtaining my Bachelors Degree in Science’s. Yet at the age of 21 I caught viral Infection that caused severe ventricles dilation resulting in...

My Brother-in-Law got his LVAD on November 30, 2017. After a grueling recovery, he got better and after 7 weeks in the hospital he was about to go home. But BAM! he got hit with the flu that is going around. Right away he was put into the CCU again, and his condition started to deteriorate rapidly...

Just as an FYI, the East Carolina Heart Institute (Vidant Hospital), Greenville, NC is now a LVAD hospital. Our surgeon was previously at Duke in Durham and preformed over 40 implants there and has done 5 implants here. (I was the 3rd.) This. is a fantastic addition to eastern NC as it saves...

How much stuff do you have to take home when discharge? Also if you don't have a caretaker, will I still be able go home afterwards? Sorry I have a lot of questions to asked.

My husband has recently been given a lvad . He has suffered with cardiomyopathy for a number of years but this last year he has been going down hill. So the specialist decided to fit a lvad as he couldn't wait for a heart transplant. Since his operation he has been having major problems with fast...

My father in law had his LVAD implanted on Monday. I'm not sure exactly when he will be returning home. It sounds like we can expect him sometime near the end of the year. I'm wondering if there is anything that I can do to help my mother in law prepare their home for his return. Their house was...

My husband has recently been given a lvad . He has suffered with cardiomyopathy for a number of years but this last year he has been going down hill. So the specialist decided to fit a lvad as he couldn't wait for a heart transplant. Since his operation he has been having major problems with fast...

this story on BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-40036526

Hello I'm a 35 year old mother of 3. I went to the er on 9/2/17 sick and woke up with my Lvad. I was just released from the hospital yesterday and I'm trying to heal at my parents house for a couple weeks before returning to my home , husband and children. I'm having not only bad days but bad times...

My father-in-law received his LVAD in December. He had suffered a mild stroke about a month before. He is not eligible for a heart transplant. He ended up in the ER two weeks ago and based on tests (echo, ldh, etc) he has a blood clot in his pump. He has been on a Heparin IV until two days ago in...