This year alone, Emory surgeons have implanted approximately 60 LVADs and expect to implant more before the end of the year. Currently, Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare is the number one LVAD implanting center in the U.S., according to the Oct. 6 press release.
Ventricular assist devices help the heart pump blood to the rest of the body in patients with end-stage heart failure who are unable to undergo a heart transplant.
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