Heart pumps: High cost, high mortality in an emerging technology

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ventricular assist devices, or VADs – surgically-placed mechanical pumps that can support failing hearts or buy time to transplant – are associated with high hospital costs and high rates of early death among Medicare recipients, say researchers at Duke University Medical Center.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news146850214.html">Heart pumps: High cost, high mortality in an emerging technology</a></p> <p>(PhysOrg.com) -- Ventricular assist devices, or VADs – surgically-placed mechanical pumps that can support failing hearts or buy time to transplant – are associated with high hospital costs and high rates of early death among Medicare recipients, say researchers at Duke University Medical Center. </p>