LVADs Open Window to Myocardial Recovery : Structural and functional changes in the recovering heart may guide future treatments.

The study was sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, the American Heart Association, and the National Institutes for Health Research Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit at the Royal Brompton and Harefield National Health Service Foundation Trust, and Imperial College London. Several of the authors reported receiving research support and/or honoraria or speakers fees from Thoratec, Heartware Inc., and Medtronic, all manufacturers of LVADs.