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Murray, Utah 84157Map

Intermountain Medical Center

For Patients & Families

Since 1993, the Utah Artificial Heart Program has been caring for patients and their families throughout Utah, Arizona, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Wyoming.

Left Ventricular Assist Devices are life saving, state-of-the-art devices that give meaning to living life with heart failure. LVAD patients return to a quality of life, which includes: regaining independence, driving, returning to work, socializing, and traveling by ground, air, or water.

In June 2007, this "Center of Excellence" achieved a milestone of implanting its 200th patient.

To better serve our LVAD patients, the hospital has three "LVAD apartments", located within a few blocks of Intermountain Medical Center. The apartments provide patients and their caregivers with a home-like environment and an opportunity to adjust to living life with an LVAD. The apartments also allow the patient to temporarily be close to the hospital for support, further discharge education, and medical follow-up.

There is a small daily charge to those staying at the LVAD apartments.

Patient Hospital Experience - Learn how the evaluation process works and what the patient experiences (related to device implantation) during the LVAD work-up, hospitalization, and discharge processes.
Frequently Asked Questions - Patients and caregivers have many questions about LVAD therapy for Bridge-to-Transplant and Destination Therapy use. Finid answers to frequently asked questions.
Heart Failure Education - Heart Failure information and resources from Intermountain Healthcare.