July 7, 2014 โ Thoratec Corp. has acquired Apica Cardiovascular Ltd. for an upfront cash payment of $35 million and ...
April 25, 2014 โ Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute (VHVI) was the first facility in Tennessee to implant the ...
Percutaneous ventricular assist (pVAD) devices offer more hemodynamic support than the 40-year-old gold standard of ...
March 18, 2014 โ Thoratec Corp. initiated a voluntary worldwide Medical Device Correction in order to update its ...
August 20, 2013 โ Cardiac surgeons and cardiologists at the University of Maryland Heart Center are part of a multi ...
July 19, 2013 โ The Mount Sinai Medical Center is the first medical center in New York City to offer the HeartMate II ...
There is a growing trend in the use of small, portable extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) systems for ...
March 28, 2013 โ Thoratec Corp. announced that it has successfully completed the first human use of HeartMate PHP ...
April 9, 2012 โ Thoratec and the U.S. Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA) announced a recent Class 1 recall of the ...
August 5, 2011 โ Heart failure circulatory support system maker Thoratec Corp. announced it acquired the medical ...