On a family vacation, 14-year-old Jaden Hartley discovered he needed a heart transplant after experiencing this symptom. Now ...

Mikey Oliveri was born too small for any existing pacemaker options. Doctors turned to an innovative, adapted option.

The revolutionary BiVACOR heart device was moved to Phase 2 of FDA trials after success in five human patients.

Babies born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome typically require multiple surgeries in the first few years of life, but ...

Star Jones reflected on having open-heart surgery — where her heart was 'disconnected for 22 minutes' — and how that fueled ...

A Trump administration plan to cap reimbursement of federal research overhead costs could lead to job losses, stifle medical ...

At the start of the new year, I attended a field trip with my Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School nursing class to ...

Kraev wishes more people would get checked for heart problems and if it’s needed, receive the same surgery he performed on ...

Georgia Tech researchers have developed a groundbreaking 3D-printed, bioresorbable heart valve that promotes tissue ...

The human heart is often associated with strong emotions like love. I affectionately tell my wife, kids and grandkids, “I ...

Andrews’ surgery comes at a turning point in the quest to tell if animal-to-human transplants could help ease the shortage ... year survival is about 50% — and Andrews already had had a heart attack. ...

“The only option to get to it is to [open the skull ... one in my chest and that’s a separate surgery and I have very bad calcium build-up in the heart where I’m likely to have a heart ...