Quality & Outcomes: Types of VADs
A VAD for Every Heart
Penn Heart & Vascular offers VADs for every patient, whatever their age, size or gender. The following list represents the VADs currently available at Penn Medicine:
- Syncardia CardioWest™ Total Artificial Heart (TAH-t)
- HeartMate II® LVAD
- HeartWare® Ventricular Assist System*
- Thoratec™ Paracorporeal Blood Pumping System
- Levitronix® Centrimag® VAS
- Impella
- Tandem Heart
*Investigational Device
Penn Heart & Vascular 2011 Clinical Activity Report
Need an appointment? Request one online 24 hours/day, 7 days/week or call 800-789-PENN (7366) to speak to a referral counselor.