Heart disease can leave a patient tied to a bed or a hospital room waiting on life, instead of living it. However, medical advances are giving people with heart disease a chance to live more freely - ...

Physicians at Emory University Hospital performed the first-ever surgical implantation in the United States of a brand-new type of heart pump designed to help save patients with heart failure, using a ...

NEW YORK -- In a first-of-its-kind procedure, a terminally ill patient has become the first person in the world to undergo a gene-edited pig kidney transplant and also have a mechanical heart pump ...

How an artificial heart pump saved the life of a longtime singer. How an artificial heart pump saved the life of a longtime singer and enabled him to maintain his quality of life. Grover Silcox ...

In heart failure, the necessary oxygen levels and nutrients do not meet the body’s demands, setting off a domino effect of congestion in the lungs, kidneys and other areas. About 6.7 million adults in ...

A new type of surgically implanted pump that can support a child's failing heart has passed the first stage of human testing in a recent trial. A small, implantable cardiac pump that could help ...

A small, implantable cardiac pump that could help children await heart transplants at home, not in the hospital, has performed well in the first stage of human testing. The pump, a new type of ...