Internal bleeding higher with popular heart device than earlier model, studies find

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Internal bleeding higher with popular heart device than earlier model, studies find

The incidence of internal bleeding was higher in the HeartMate II left ventricular assist device than the earlier HeartMate I XVE, according to two recent studies. Although there were more instances of intracranial and gastrointestinal bleeding in the newer model, there was no increase in mortality.

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medicalnewstoday.com — “The incidence of internal bleeding was higher in the most commonly implanted heart device than in an earlier model, according to two studies at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.The HeartMat” View full resource at medicalnewstoday.com