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7.4 IMPLANTABLE CARDIAC ASSIST DEVICES;1.CLINICAL NEED AND APPLICATIONS;These devices do not replace the patient’s heart (as would a total artificial heart), but rather work as ventricular assist devices (VADs). The general concept behind a VAD can be seen in Fig. 1.;VADs have provided circulatory support to end-stage heart failure patients who otherwise would have a low likelihood of surviving until a donor organ became available. Nearly 70% of patients undergoing VAD support have survived until heart transplantation(Mehta et al., 1995). Patients undergoing VAD “bridging” generally do not un