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Benefits and Risks of LVAD Implantation
What Are the Benefits and Risks of LVAD Implantation?
Benefits: A better quality of life (less fatigue, more strength, and better breathing) and longer survival. Some VAD patients have been on support for up to seven years.
Complications: Bleeding, stroke, infection, and death.
Sometimes patients experience complications related to LVAD therapy:
- Bleeding
- Gut
- Brain
- Clot
- Stroke
- Infection
- Right heart dysfunction
- Hemolysis
- Damage to blood cells due to the pump