A system that keeps a heart perfused and beating outside a human body was associated with a low rate of primary graft dysfunction and could potentially extend the geographic area for heart retrieval ...

Organ transplants are notoriously finicky procedures with narrow timespans of viability, but a new FDA approval for TransMedics’ portable transport system has opened the window for heart transplants a ...

The FDA approved the LimFlow system designed to stave off amputation for people with chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) and no treatment alternatives, device maker LimFlow SA announced Tuesday.

Thrombolytic agents, including tenecteplase, are generally used within 4.5 hours after the onset of stroke symptoms. Information on whether tenecteplase confers benefit beyond 4.5 hours is limited. We ...

The influence of gravity on the distributions of ventilation and blood flow, as demonstrated by the effects of posture, is discussed and explained on the theoretical basis of gravitational gradients ...

THE association of Laënnec's cirrhosis with arterial oxygen unsaturation has been recognized but not satisfactorily explained. We have previously reported observations on a patient with Laënnec's ...