LVAD Experts Respond To Thoratec HeartMate II Safety Alert
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Health care providers treating patients with a Thoratec HeartMate II left-ventricular assist device should not let the patients switch to the new Pocket Controller until they are completely trained on how to hook-up the new system, experts familiar with the devices say. Ideally, the patients will come into the physician’s office to make the switch.