Left-ventricular assist device

The left lower chamber of the heart. It pumps blood out of the heart to other organs in the body.

One of the two lower chambers of the heart. The right ventricle pumps blood to the lungs; the left ventricle pumps blood to the rest of the body.

Abbreviation for left-ventricular assist device, a surgically implanted pump that augments the pumping action of the left ventricle.