LVAD
Bryan LVAD team can improve your life
If your heart failure symptoms are getting worse, it might be time to meet with the Bryan LVAD team to consider advanced treatment options. LVAD, which stands for left ventricular assist device, is a mechanical device that helps your heart pump blood from the left ventricle (main pumping chamber of the heart) throughout your body. An LVAD is also known as an implantable heart pump.
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Is LVAD an Option for Your Heart Failure
This technology to help patients with advanced heart failure is a treatment option if your heart is too weak to pump on its own and:
You are waiting for heart transplant surgery. In this case, LVAD treatment is referred to as a ‘bridge to transplant’
You do not qualify for heart transplant surgery and meet certain other conditions (see below). In this case, LVAD treatment is referred to as ‘destination therapy’, meaning the use of the LVAD to assist your heart is permanent
You may benefit from an LVAD if your:
Ejection fraction (EF) is less than 25 percent. This is a measurement of how much blood your heart pushes out into your body with each beat. A normal EF is 50 percent or higher
Heart failure symptoms are at Class 4 which means:
Any physical activity causes discomfort
You have heart failure symptoms even while resting (no physical activity)
Heart medication doses are decreasing due to symptoms
Diuretic medication doses are increasing
Kidney function is getting worse
Electrolytes, especially sodium, are getting worse
If you have the above symptoms, find out if an LVAD is right for you.
Schedule Your LVAD Consultation
If you have advanced heart failure, an LVAD could improve your life.
Call Bryan Heart LVAD Program
402-890-1956
LVAD Benefits
An LVAD restores normal blood flow to your heart and your body, and has been shown to reduce heart failure/congestive heart failure symptoms such as constantly feeling tired or being short of breath. This can improve how you feel and your quality of life.
For Your Advanced Heart Failure Care, Trust the Known Experts at Bryan
Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) Certified Center – There are only 157 certified VAD centers in the U.S. and Bryan is one of them, achieving this advanced certification level ensures quality care for you
Named one of U.S. News & World Report’s High Performing Hospitals
Strong working relationship with UNMC for heart transplant patients
Our patient care team is available to you 24/7, you are always our top priority
Together, the highly skilled doctors and nurse practitioners at Bryan Heart and nurses at Bryan Medical Center provide exceptional, nationally recognized care for you. We are honored receive this national recognition, yet our greatest reward remains in helping our patients live a longer and higher quality of life.
Heart Pumps Improve Lives
At Bryan, you’ll receive the HeartMate II LVAD, a proven effective heart pump that has helped over 17,000 patients worldwide.
The HeartMate II:
Is much smaller than earlier assist devices
Provides life sustaining pumping action to a broader range of patients
Gives you greater freedom with long-lasting portable batteries
Allows you to live more independently
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Talk to your doctor about a referral for an LVAD, or call us to learn more.
