ANN ARBOR, MI - Stan Larkin is looking forward to his upcoming trip to Michigan's Adventure for his daughter's birthday. He's looking forward to taking a shower. He's looking forward to getting back ...

The 25-year-old father of three suffered from a condition that causes irregular heartbeats and presents a high risk for cardiac arrest. If we’re being frank, this story sounds crazy. Some man was able ...

A Michigan father of three with a debilitating heart condition lived for 555 days, thanks to a portable artificial heart. In May, he received a heart transplant. Stan Larkin, 25, was diagnosed with ...

A 25-year-old has just received a full heart transplant… but not before surviving for more than a year without a human heart inside his body. Instead, Stan Larkin wore an ‘artificial heart’ in a ...

For a man without his heart, Stan Larkin is in good spirits. The University’s Samuel and Jean Frankel Cardiovascular Center recently provided 24-year-old Stan Larkin with a SynCardia temporary Total ...

DETROIT (WWJ) - Metro Detroiters are invited to participate in a fun event on Belle Isle this weekend — and learn about becoming a life-saver. The Gift of Life's Minority Organ Tissue Transplant ...

DETROIT — A 24-year-old Ypsilanti man has become the first person in Michigan to walk out of a hospital with a totally artificial heart. The SynCardia Total Artificial Heart is connected to two tubes ...

Some people wear their heart on their sleeves; Stan Larkin wore his in a grey backpack, literally. After living without a real heart for more than one and a half year – 555 days to be exact – Stan ...

Then this May, his doctors at the University of Michigan Frankel Cardiovascular Center found him a matching donor heart and took the 25-year-old off of the artificial heart device which had kept him ...