The transplant surgery will take place as soon as possible after the donor heart becomes available. During the operation, the patient is placed on a heart- lung machine.

Fifty years ago Saturday, the first adult heart transplant in the U.S. was performed at Stanford Hospital. Dr. Sharon Hunt was a medical student at the time and talks with NPR's Scott Simon.

The transplant surgery will take place as soon as possible after the donor heart becomes available. During a heart transplant, the patient is placed on a heart-lung machine.

David Bennett Sr., the first person to receive a pig-heart transplant, died on Tuesday. Bennett lived two months after the experimental procedure, giving doctors valuable insights.; Many people ...

The news last week that David Bennett, a 57-year-old Maryland man, nearing death, had undergone cardiac transplant surgery with a genetically modified pig heart sent shock waves through the ...

The world's second pig heart transplant recipient has died six weeks after having the organ implanted, the University of Maryland Medical Center announced Tuesday. The patient, 58-year-old ...

One Donor Heart Saved 3 Young Girls Through ‘Groundbreaking’ Surgery, Grateful Dad Calls It a 'Blessing' Doctors were able to perform three life-saving surgeries after one donor heart became ...

Lawrence Faucette, 58, was the second person in the world to undergo a pig heart transplant. He died Monday after his body showed signs of rejection, doctors said.