Hershey Medical Center Second in the Nation to Implant EvaHeart2 LVAD
LVAD patient Richard Huggins with the external control and power unit for his new EvaHeart2 left ventricular assist device at Penn State Health s Hershey Medical Center.
March 2, 2021 Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center became the second hospital in the nation to implant a newly-designed EvaHeart2 Left Ventricular Assist System (LVAS) in a patient with severe heart failure. Researchers hope the device, which can be used as a destination therapy and as a bridge to transplant, will reduce some of the risks patients face with current left ventricular assist devices (LVADs), which includes strokes and gastrointestinal bleeding.