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 ...

Severe pediatric cardiac decompensation has a mortality risk of 50-65% and is the leading cause of death in children. Heart transplantation is the current standard of care for end-stage pediatric ...

BEAR, Delaware (WPVI) -- When medication stops helping with heart failure, a ventricular assist device might be the next option. VAD implants have doubled in the past decade, but are still underused.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For humans and most vertebrates, life depends on a single heart pumping blood throughout the body. That powerful muscle keeps ...

Durable mechanical circulatory support for patients with advanced heart failure is currently limited to one left ventricular assist device. Several ventricular assist devices are in development, ...

No one can live without a heart pumping blood to the rest of the body. New research from the University of Missouri School of Medicine reveals more information about this vital function and how it's ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This heart pump was built by William ...

On Nov. 18, the heart failure and transplantation team at Emory University Hospital (EUH) made history, performing the first-ever surgical implantation in the United States of a brand-new type of ...