The left ventricle first receives oxygenated blood from the left atrium and then pumps it to the rest of the body. Failure occurs when the left ventricle is no longer able to do so adequately, ...

Community Medical Center recently held a celebration for patients who have lived ten years on a mechanical heart pump called LVAD. Not long ago, it would have ...

A heart can never rest. That creates a problem for a heart that has lost muscle tissue. “Skeletal muscle has a significant ...

The FDA today issued a notice informing customers of updated instructions for the Johnson & Johnson Abiomed Impella RP heart ...

Two-time cancer survivor Tracy Meier received a heart transplant just after winning a Griffins fan trip. Now the team is ...

A cardiac surgery and heart failure team at the University of Michigan implanted a novel mechanical heart pump into a patient as part of a clinical trial that will compare it to the only device ...

A unique way to celebrate Valentine's Day is available to some special patients and their families of Georgia's Heart Institute.

Christine and Kendell Paul were both cardiac patients when they met on Valentine's Day in 2022 in a New York hospital.

I was born with an enlarged heart and congestive heart failure (CHF)—a chronic condition that makes the heart less efficient ...

Joanne Matos, 37, was born with an enlarged heart and has congestive heart failure. Despite a stroke and two silent heart ...

Copenhagen announced on Monday that it will pump an additional 14.6 billion Danish crowns ($2.05bn) into security. The announcement came as the European country resists demands from United States ...