A mechanical pump that helps the ventricles pump blood, easing the workload of the heart in patients with left ventricular heart failure, cardiogenic shock, and cardiac myopathies.
a) Ventricular Assist Device (VAD)
b) Intra-aortic Balloon Pump (IABP)
c) Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT)
d) Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG)