The device kept him alive for more than 100 days, allowing him to regain strength and mobility before ultimately receiving a real human heart ... successful surgery. The BiVACOR heart is small ...

For most of history, the human heart has ... usher in the age of modern surgery. One of the first surgeons to use these improved techniques to gain access to the heart was Dr. Dwight Harken ...

said Alexander McLeish Maria Pasquini is the staff editor for human interest’s digital vertical at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2017. While recovering from heart surgery ...

Max will undergo surgery at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Heart Institute to replace his pulmonary valve with an adult-sized human valve, or a manmade tissue valve. This type of valve can last ...

She needs to have major heart surgery. Her heart will be stopped ... a depiction of the inner workings of the human eye by combining CGI with a real life story of divers who can see clearly ...

Maryland's first artificial heart valve replacement performed without open-heart surgery 04:16 A groundbreaking heart procedure at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital has made Maryland history. Joan ...

The human heart is a vital organ that pumps blood through ... Complications that arise after surgery are more likely to be underrecognized and undertreated in women than in men, leading to higher ...

In sharp contrast to earlier studies, patients with severe triple-vessel heart disease fared equally well whether they underwent open-heart bypass surgery (CABG) or a less invasive procedure ...