Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . There is only one mechanical heart pump available in the U.S. for patients with heart failure requiring left ...

Mukwonago Village Clerk Lana Kropf survived multiple heart attacks and strokes in her 30s and now lives with a mechanical heart device. Despite health challenges, she recently earned international ...

The BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart (TAH) is a compact, titanium-constructed device about the size of a fist. Despite its small stature, it packs a powerful punch. It can pump blood at a rate of 12 ...

When heart muscle gets damaged, the result is often permanent. Unlike other muscles in the body, the heart has long been believed to lack the ability to heal itself. But recent research suggests that ...

A 14-year-old child from Uzbekistan, Dilshod, had been living with dilated cardiomyopathy for almost ten years. This is a condition in which the heart muscle becomes very weak, making it difficult for ...

A 14-year-old Uzbek boy with severe heart failure became India's youngest recipient of a mechanical heart (LVAD). The pioneering surgery in Gurugram saved him after his condition became ...

At today's Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) in Boston, Angela Lorts, MD, MBA, issued an urgent call for improved ...

What are Ventricular Assist Devices? Ventricular Assist Devices (VADs) are mechanical heart pumps. 1 They use electrical and mechanical technology to support cardiac functioning by helping blood to ...

A pair of heart devices linked to hundreds of injuries and at least 14 deaths has received the FDA's most serious recall, the agency announced Monday. The HeartMate 3 is considered the safest ...