Australians undergoing open-heart surgery could soon benefit from safer, simpler care and get home earlier thanks to the ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – UR Medicine is celebrating a milestone of performing its 1,000th life-saving heart pump surgery. The pumps, also known as LVADs, are given to people experiencing severe heart failure ...

NEW YORK -- In a first-of-its-kind procedure, a terminally ill patient has become the first person in the world to undergo a gene-edited pig kidney transplant and also have a mechanical heart pump ...

A state-of-the-art cardiovascular ambulatory surgery center is coming to Short Pump next year. Raleigh, North Carolina’s Compass Surgical Partners, Cincinnati’s Bon Secours Mercy Health and Richmond’s ...

When a healthy heart does its thing in the human body, it uses what’s called a pulsatile flow to rhythmically move blood through the cardiovascular system. When the heart is offline during certain ...

In heart failure, the necessary oxygen levels and nutrients do not meet the body’s demands, setting off a domino effect of congestion in the lungs, kidneys and other areas. About 6.7 million adults in ...

FILMMAKERS -- WHO RELY ON INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS."///// TONIGHT AT 11, A SAVANNAH TEENAGER IS MAKING MEDICAL HISTORY. AT JUST 18 YEARS OLD -- HE'S ONE OF ONLY TWO PEOPLE IN THE NATION -- TO SURVIVE A ...