Ventricular Assist Device (VAD)
Expertise in cardiovascular care
Mayo doctors and other staff collaborate as a team to care for people who may need ventricular assist devices.
Why choose Mayo Clinic for a ventricular assist device (VAD)
Heart failure treatment expertise. Mayo Clinic provides multiple innovative treatments for people with advanced heart failure, including offering ventricular assist devices as a treatment option for complex heart problems, such as restrictive cardiomyopathy, amyloidosis and other high-risk conditions.
Multidisciplinary team. Mayo Clinic doctors with training in a wide array of specialties collaborate as a multidisciplinary team to provide coordinated, comprehensive care. Cardiologists and cardiac surgeons may work with nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, physical therapists, social workers and others to provide your care.
Individualized approach. Doctors at Mayo Clinic provide care for you as a whole person. Doctors take the time to get to know you and work with you to provide exactly the care you need.
Ventricular assist devices at Mayo Clinic. Mayo Clinic is one of a few centers in the United States to offer all available device options, providing you a wide range of possible ventricular assist devices.
Excellent outcomes. Mayo Clinic cardiologists and cardiac surgeons have expertise in treating people who may need ventricular assist devices. Mayo Clinic consistently ranks at a high level for survival in treatment outcomes for ventricular assist devices.
Mayo Clinic offers one of the largest groups of cardiac surgeons and cardiologists trained in ventricular assist devices in the nation. Mayo doctors implant more than 100 ventricular assist devices each year.
Research and innovation. Mayo Clinic researchers conduct ongoing studies and clinical trials to improve ventricular assist devices, and they have published a large volume of publications regarding VADs. Mayo Clinic researchers have been primary investigators in many national clinical trials for ventricular assist devices.
Mayo surgeons have used their expertise to develop innovative, unusual designs of ventricular assist devices to use in specific cases. In one situation, surgeons implanted an internal left ventricular assist device and an external right ventricular assist device in a person.
Learn more about a ventricular assist device at Mayo Clinic.