ROCHESTER, N.Y. – UR Medicine is celebrating a milestone of performing its 1,000th life-saving heart pump surgery. The pumps, also known as LVADs, are given to people experiencing severe heart ...

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“It acts as a pump to assist the heart in terms of providing blood flow which is needed for circulation,” Thomas said. Thomas further described how patients with an LVAD are able to live ...