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Is anyone aware of a smaller controller and/or battery for the Heartware II? My son has one and as a very athletic person (daily gym, motorcycle racing, hiking, etc.), the controller is a real bulky problem. Does anyone have any info, please? Thanks very much.

Dear phillip I would like to get in contact with you regarding hospitals in South Africa with knowledge off the Lvad. My father in law is German and got it implanted in Germany and he wants to come and visit, but obviosly wants the assurance that he will hve a hospital to visit in the case of a...

This morning I have become completely overwhelmed with the size of Irma. I live in Macon Ga and would think I am the program furthest south in Georgia. The inpatients don't bother me it's the evacuation folks on a device. Please post my number for evacuees or for displaced patients who may have a...

Greetings from Macon GA I have major concerns for non-Hospitalized , Mobile ,active VAD patients leaving Florida to seek shelter . Macon as far as I know is the first VAD center north of Florida . I am attempting to mobilize southeast vad coordinators for the weekend in case cousin Tom from Tampa...