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At MyLVAD our mission is to help improve the quality of life and outcomes for people living in the LVAD world. We hope to provide information, support, direction, and inspiration for those who live with LVADs.
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What is Congestive Heart Failure?
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Driveline Management
Sterile Dressing Supplies
Last activity 12 hours 40 minutes
My husband received his new heart on June 4th. We have a large amount of supplies to share for the cost of shipping. Please let me know if you have need of any of the following: 2" and 4" gauze 2" and 4" driveline sponge rolls of 2" and 4" medipore tape hibiclens sterile water hair bonnets foley...
Driveline Management
Can a lvad recepient change their own driveline dressing
Last activity 12 hours 56 minutes
My husband is possibly going to get an lvad shortly. Will he be able to learn how to maintain his own driveline. I like to travel and would like him to be able to do this while I am away.
Caregiver Support
L-VAD Failure
Last activity 2 days 19 hours
My husband, Michael had his LVAD implanted in August 2019 after much discussion and lots of defib shocks. He has been in heart failure since his heart attack in 2017... well as of June 2020 it has been determined by his team that a heart transplant will not happen for him. He hasn’t been able to...
New to LVADs
Been advised that I need an LVAD unit.
Last activity 3 days 13 hours
So I have been advised that I need to have an LVAD unit. I have HOCM and have been fighting this heart desease head on since 2014 when I had a Septal Myectomy and Transapical midventricular myectomy at the Mayo Clinic in Rochestor MD. These surgeries were very major but really did not improve my...
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