About Heart Failure
Learn about heart failure and its symptoms. Do they show that your heart failure is getting worse? What questions should you ask your doctor?
Treatment for Heart Failure
Find out how a small heart pump, called a Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD), helps your heart keep beating the way it should.
Living with a Left Ventricular Heart Device
Get helpful resources for living a full, active life with the HeartMate 3™ LVAD.
Personal Stories
Hear from people whose heart failure treatment includes a HeartMate 3 LVAD.
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Brief Summary: Prior to using these devices, please review the Instructions For Use for a complete listing of indications, contraindications, warnings, precautions, potential adverse events and directions for use.
HeartMate 3™ LVAS Indications: The HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist System is indicated for providing short- and long-term mechanical circulatory support (e.g., as bridge to transplant or myocardial recovery, or destination therapy) in adult and pediatric patients with advanced refractory left ventricular heart failure and with an appropriate body surface area.
HeartMate 3 Contraindications: The HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist System is contraindicated for patients who cannot tolerate, or who are allergic to, anticoagulation therapy.
HeartMate 3 Adverse Events: Adverse events that may be associated with the use of the HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist System include, but are not limited to those listed below: death, bleeding, cardiac arrhythmia, localized infection, right heart failure, respiratory failure, device malfunctions, driveline infection, renal dysfunction, sepsis, stroke, other neurological event (not stroke related), hepatic dysfunction, psychiatric episode, venous thromboembolism, hypertension, arterial non-central nervous system (CNS), thromboembolism, pericardial fluid collection, pump pocket or pseudo pump pocket infection, myocardial infarction, wound dehiscence, hemolysis (not associated with suspected device thrombosis) and pump thrombosis.
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