Will left-ventricular assist device therapy replace need for a heart transplantation?

Not yet: No, now it's just a bridge to transplant, but someday maybe it will.

Maybe: But not in the foreseeable future. Currently it's used as a bridge to transplantation. It will need to undergo significant technological improvement before it's a substitute for transplantation and we hope that stem cells or genomic therapy may beat it to the punch.

LVAD: LVAD can be bridge and in some patients can be destination therapy and used as a long term therapy. I would call any of the close major medical center who have a LVAD program and seek their input.