The balloon pump can help improve the heart’s ability to pump blood as it needs to. Through a surgical procedure, the device is inserted through your leg into the heart. This is a short-term solution ...

Cleveland Clinic Weston’s Dr. Cedric Sheffield said that the most common left ventricular assist device being used right now for adults is Abbott’s HeartMate 3, above. Courtesy of Abbott When a ...

A new type of surgically implanted pump that can support a child's failing heart has passed the first stage of human testing in a recent trial. A small, implantable cardiac pump that could help ...

When children with heart failure await transplants, they typically stay at the hospital for months to years, tethered to a bulky blood-pumping device. But an implantable heart pump could allow them to ...

Despite making up half of the 64 million people living with heart failure, patients with this common form have no access to heart pump treatments and are left with only medication or palliative care.