In the United States, about 30-40% of donor hearts aren't considered for transplant due to inadequate function in the donor. This leads to a drop in the number of donated hearts that are available to ...

Miranda Fleishhacker, CCP, is a Certified Clinical Perfusionist specializing in the operation and management of heart-lung bypass machines during open-heart surgery and other complex cardiovascular ...

When doing open-heart surgery, the surgeon needs a still heart and lungs to work. The patient still needs oxygen circulated through the bloodstream to survive. Thus, cardiovascular perfusionists (also ...

FORT WALTON BEACH — HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital on Monday was the first medical facility in the country to receive the Orrum Clinical Analytics Center of Excellence award, along with a ...