One Donor Heart Saved 3 Young Girls Through ‘Groundbreaking’ Surgery, Grateful Dad Calls It a 'Blessing'
Doctors at Duke Children's Hospital were able to perform three life-saving surgeries after one donor heart became available.
These common mistakes are wrecking your heart valves; expert suggests 5 prevention tips
Protecting your heart starts with understanding how it works. Heart valve diseases are conditions that can disrupt the flow ...
Man lives for 100 days with artificial titanium heart in successful new trial
An Australian man lived for 100 days with an artificial titanium heart while he awaited a donor transplant, the longest ...
First of its kind artificial heart valve undergoing trials at Providence
A first of its kind surgery to help people with a specific type of heart failure is going through clinical trials at Providence St. Vincent’s.
Failing heart saves two more lives in medical first
Three girls with major heart problems are thriving after one received a donor heart and then gave healthy valves from her original heart to two other girls. The “domino” heart surgeries by a team at ...
Man lives 100 days with artificial titanium heart in world-first medical success
The patient, a man in his 40s from New South Wales, received the BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart (TAH) during a six-hour ...