Cardiac patients say Maimonides Medical Center is all heart
Maimonides Medical Center hosted a party for heart patients whose lives doctors saved with a piece of cutting edge technology that has only been in use at the hospital for a year. Dozens of patients from all over Brooklyn came to the April 26 party to celebrate their recovery stories with their doctors and nurses. The party marked the first anniversary of the Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD), which was introduced into the treatment options at the hospital in early 2012.
The LVAD is an implantable device that essentially powers a failing heart suffering from advanced congestive heart failure (CHF).
Maimonides, at 4802 10th Ave. in Borough Park, is the only hospital in Brooklyn and one of only a handful of medical facilities in the country using the LVAD, according to hospital officials.
A team of cardiac surgeons, cardiologists, anesthesiologists, and nurses works together to facilitate the LVAD procedure in the hospital.