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VAD

British

abbreviation

Voluntary Aid Detachment

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noun

a nurse serving in the Voluntary Aid Detachment

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The pump, a new type of ventricular assist device, or VAD, is surgically attached to the heart to augment its blood-pumping action in individuals with heart failure, allowing time to find a donor heart.

From Science Daily • May 7, 2024

A VAD was implanted in the left ventricle of each animal, and the researchers analyzed several different metrics of heart function as the pumping speed of the device was increased and decreased.

From Science Daily • Feb. 14, 2024

The VAD is attached to one or both of the ventricles, the heart’s pumping chambers.

From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2016

Peyer’s patch: VAC, = 20; VAH, = 40; VAD, = 63.

From Nature • Apr. 4, 2014

The World Health Organization notes there are more than 100 million VAD children around the world.

From Forbes • Dec. 11, 2012

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