Heart failure patient Alex Balmes reveals LVAD (IMAGE)

Orlando Health

Heart failure patient Alex Balmes reveals LVAD

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“This changed my life,” said Alex Balmes, a 32-year-old heart failure survivor from Orlando, FL, about his Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) implant, which helps the heart pump blood through the body until he can receive a transplant.

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