A medical device buys a man more time until transplant organs were available. His organs were causing heart failure and the transplant 
enabled his heart to continue working and now he's doing fine with both a heart and kidney transplant. Without the pump he probably would not have survived long enough for the transplant organs to become available. BD
Seven years after Joaquin Lucio's kidneys shut down, he had a heart attack and was taken to a Los Angeles area hospital where doctors performed an angioplasty to clear his coronary arteries. He also was suffering from idiopathic congestive heart failure - a condition in which the heart becomes weak and enlarged - and a special pacemaker was implanted to provide support.
The HeartMate XVE (also referred to as HeartMate I) is one of the most widely used left ventricular assist devices in the world. With its low thromboembolic risk, the HeartMate XVE can be used for either Bridge-to-Transplantation or Destination Therapy (chronic support for those ineligible for cardiac transplantation.)
Patient Who Needed Heart And Kidney Transplant Borrowed Time With Heart Assist Device
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