Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) surgery is a procedure to place a durable mechanical heart pump into a poorly functioning heart. LVADs help your heart’s lower left chamber (ventricle) pump blood ...
A Maryland preteenager became the first patient in the world to receive a live heart valve in replacement of an artificial one during a partial heart transplant in a Washington, D.C., hospital. The 11 ...
Bypass surgery is a type of open-heart surgery. Surgeons may use several different types of bypass surgeries to repair or replace the heart. Open-heart surgery is an operation where surgeons repair or ...
A milestone in robotic surgery was announced Tuesday in Houston, as Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center surgeons revealed they successfully performed the first fully robotic heart transplant in the ...
Hend Almesafri, 11, met John Catoliato, 2, and Teddy Carter, 3, for the first time in February just months after their split-root domino heart transplant NewYork-Presbyterian One heart donation helped ...
The Undertaker, WWE’s iconic wrestler, recently revealed on a podcast he had “terrifying” heart surgery after WrestleMania 41. The Undertaker, 60, said he is “now, strong like a bull.” However, during ...
Kimmel’s 7-year-old son Billy underwent his third open heart surgery last month. The lead surgeon who performed all three heart surgeries on Jimmy Kimmel’s son Billy at the Children’s Hospital Los ...
A professional women’s soccer player is recovering from heart surgery after she collapsed on the field and was rushed to the hospital. Savy King, a defender for Angel City FC of the National Women’s ...