By taking over some of the work of the heart, VADs assist the heart by helping the ventricles pump blood, easing the workload of the heart in patients with heart failure. If the device is used to help (or unload) the left ventricle, it is called a left ventricular assist device (LVAD).
An assortment of villagers in Animal Crossing: New Leaf. Villagers are the main NPCs in the Animal Crossing series, and there are currently around 460 of them. They live simple, quiet lives scattered around the player's town. On the release of Wild World, villagers started to specialize in hobbies, such as fishing, finding fossils, collecting insects - to name but a few.
Welcome to the The Villages, the largest gated retirement community in the world. The Villages is home to more than 100,000 people over age 55. The fastest growing metropolitan area in the US has more golf carts than cars and no children are allowed.