Francesca has an MSci in Biochemistry from the University of Birmingham. A titanium heart sounds like something made for the Tin Woodman in The Wizard of Oz – but for the first time, on July 9, it was ...

Children born with certain heart defects undergo a series of invasive surgeries early in life. The first surgery includes implantation of a shunt to improve blood flow. However, as children grow, the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The first implant of a novel total artificial heart was successfully completed at The Texas Heart Institute. The ...

Professor Hüseyin Ince, a Turkish-born cardiologist working in Berlin, has successfully implanted a newly developed tricuspid ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A new heart therapy, known as the Watchman, is offering hope to patients with atrial fibrillation who are seeking alternatives to medication. The TriHealth Heart and Vascular ...

HOUSTON — A novel valveless artificial heart has been implanted into a human with end-stage heart failure for the first time, the Texas Heart Institute (THI) announced on Thursday. The procedure took ...

The Texas Heart Institute (THI) and BiVACOR ®, a clinical-stage medical device company, announced today the successful first-in-human implantation of the BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart (TAH) as part ...

In one of the largest studies of its kind, a trial of Boston Scientific’s small, permanent cardiac implant showed that it could potentially serve as an alternative to long-term blood thin | Boston ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators are warning doctors and patients about safety issues with two separate Boston Scientific heart devices recently linked to injuries and deaths. Ed Markey ...

DENVER, Aug. 19, 2024 — Children born with defects that impair the heart’s lower chambers undergo a series of invasive surgeries early in life. The first surgery includes implantation of a plastic ...