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The wheeled pole with all his blood-thinning medicines is Broccoli, and his heart pump — or VAD — is named Henry, after his favorite Thomas the Tank Engine character.
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Elissa Nadworny, NPR, 9 Oct. 2025
Melody is currently hooked up to the Berlin Heart, a ventricular assist device (VAD) designed to support the hearts of children with severe heart failure, particularly as a bridge to transplantation.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Aug. 2025
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Elissa Nadworny, NPR, 9 Oct. 2025
Melody is currently hooked up to the Berlin Heart, a ventricular assist device (VAD) designed to support the hearts of children with severe heart failure, particularly as a bridge to transplantation.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Aug. 2025
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“VAD.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/VAD. Accessed 15 Dec. 2025.
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VAD
abbreviation or noun
: ventricular assist device
Known technically as VADs, or ventricular assist devices, these implants can sometimes rescue even the most desperate patients.—Geoffrey Cowley et al., Newsweek
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