It also lets doctors hook up a heart that may not have been functioning well in a donor’s body and see if it improves it’s function outside of that environment.

Surgeons at Duke University have resuscitated a 'dead' heart on the operating table after it stopped beating for more than ...

In a landmark medical achievement, surgeons at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States, have successfully ...

On a cool day in March 18 years ago, after a full day of labor, I met one of my favorite people. He was not even 7 pounds, with a head full of vibrant red hair. A piece of my heart started beating ...

The heart is the body's hardest-working muscle. Whether you're awake or asleep, or exercising or resting, your heart is always at work. It pumps blood through arteries to deliver oxygen to organs ...

In 2019, as her heart function continued to fail, Baker received a left ventricular assist device, or LVAD, a mechanical pump that helps the heart's left ventricle circulate blood throughout the body.

Well, The Franklin Institute, which is celebrating its 200th birthday with the reopened and re-imagined “Body Odyssey” is making sure the heart stays in the forefront and, well, you might just ...

Marv and Carol Vandermolen’s home sits quietly in a town just outside of Kalamazoo. “By the time I retired, I knew there was a problem," said Marv, who learned that problem was cardiomyopathy ...

Surgeons at Duke University have resuscitated a 'dead' heart on the operating table after it stopped beating for more than five minutes. The organ was later transplanted into the chest of a three ...

In 2019, as her heart function continued to fail, Baker received a left ventricular assist device, or LVAD, a mechanical pump that helps the heart's left ventricle circulate blood throughout the body.