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What is right ventricular assist device (RVAD) implantation? A ventricular assist device helps your heart pump blood when the pumping muscle has become weak. A right ventricular assist device (RVAD) pumps blood from your right ventricle or right atrium into your pulmonary artery and to the lungs. Your doctor implants the pump close to your heart. The power source is located outside of your body. It is connected to the pump through a small hole in your abdomen.
By taking over some of the work of the heart, VADs assist the heart by helping the ventricles pump blood, easing the workload of the heart in patients with heart failure. If the device is used to help (or unload) the left ventricle, it is called a left ventricular assist device (LVAD). If it is used to unload the right ventricle, it is called a right ventricular assist device (RVAD). What is a VAD? Almost all VADs are made up of 3 parts: