| In vitro lab tests were conducted using several commercial VAD systems of Thoratec, Heartware, Jarvik Heart and Cleveland Heart. |
| There was also the Dublin University VAD, or Voluntary Aid Detachment branch of Dublin University Women graduates and undergraduates. |
| Of the patients, 2 recovered from illness with the assistance of the VAD and 4 had successful heart transplants. |
| In 2011, 25 patients with advanced heart failure received a VAD at Saint Thomas Hospital, which outpaced all other Tennessee hospitals in the number of VAD implants. |
| The company says the PediaFlow VAD is an implantable, magnetically levitated blood pump based on its proprietary rotary VAD MagLev technology. |
| Those with VAD showed limited impairment in Valsalva ratio and orthostasis tests, whereas the only impairment found in patients with AD was on the orthostasis test. |
