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Val-Gene Gripes has been living with congestive heart failure for 10 years.
Dr. Xingchen Mai, a Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist at Hartford Hospital, describes the artificial heart pump used to treat Val, called LVAD, or Left Ventricular Assist Device.
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