VAD
Britishabbreviation
noun
Example Sentences
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The pump, a new type of ventricular assist device, or VAD, is surgically attached to the heart to augment its blood-pumping action in individuals with heart failure, allowing time to find a donor heart.
From Science Daily • May 7, 2024
The researchers determined a metric that can assess this compliance by using just the VAD itself and a pulmonary artery catheter that is commonly implanted in these patients.
From Science Daily • Feb. 14, 2024
The VAD is attached to one or both of the ventricles, the heart’s pumping chambers.
From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2016
However, because Rar and VAD lymphocytes are continuously exposed to altered levels of RA signals, it is possible that SLO size might be a consequence of altered lymphocyte pools.
From Nature • Apr. 4, 2014
The World Health Organization notes there are more than 100 million VAD children around the world.
From Forbes • Dec. 11, 2012
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