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 ...

There are new and revised warnings about the instructions for use of a certain type of heart pump that could lead to a risk of heart perforation, according to an alert issued by the pump's ...

Outside of the brain, the heart is probably the organ that you miss the most when it ceases to function correctly. Unfortunately, as we cannot grow custom replacement hearts yet, we have to keep heart ...

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 ...

Bivacor has been awarded an IDE for an early feasibility study of its total artificial heart. The Huston, TX-based company said the study is set to begin in 2024 and would set the stage for a ...

Thousands of pediatric patients in the United States are diagnosed with congestive heart failure (CHF) secondary to acquired or congenital heart disease. Symptoms of CHF include left-side heart ...

Medically reviewed by Yasmine S. Ali, MD, MSCI Key Takeaways Ejection fraction (EF) measures how well the heart pumps blood.A ...