The world’s first minimally invasive heart bypass procedure — done without cutting open the chest wall — has been performed ...

Frustrated by his inability to help these men, Harken began a series of experimental surgeries on animals. In the first round ...

It’s a serious heart defect that can cause blood to flow into the wrong part of the heart chamber, and up until recently, it ...

As someone who finds the field of science fascinating, I often consider the roles that human and veterinary medicine play in advancing science, particularly through cardiac surgical programs. With ...

Discover how St. Elizabeth is transforming heart surgery with 3D 4K endoscopy—offering safer, less invasive procedures and faster recovery. Heart surgery is rapidly changing and St. Elizabeth ...

Doctors at Fortis Hospital successfully performed a rare hybrid cardiac surgery on a 29-year-old man suffering from a ...

Editor’s Note (11/1/23): Pig heart transplant recipient Lawrence Faucette died on October 30, according to the University of Maryland Medical Center, where Faucette received the surgery and ...

Bicuspid aortic valve surgery involves repairing or replacing a bicuspid valve. The procedure corrects a congenital condition in which a person has two cusps instead of three. A bicuspid aortic valve ...

The Texas Heart Institute (THI), BiVACOR®, a clinical-stage medical device company, Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine announced today the successful first-in-human ...

Aitor Aguirre receives funding from the NIH, AHA, Corewell-MSU Alliance Foundation and HVI. Aleksandra Kostina and Brett Volmert do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any ...

One month after an experimental procedure to transplant the heart of a genetically modified pig into a patient with end-stage heart disease, doctors say the heart is functioning on its own and shows ...