Joan Mertz, 83, became the first patient in the state to undergo an artificial heart valve replacement without the need for open-heart surgery. For years, Mertz, a great-grandmother from Essex ...

Mechanical heart valves have improved long-term survival benefit over biological valves for patients aged 50-70 years, new ...

In the United States, there are around 3,500 donor hearts made available every year for more than 4,400 people who join the ...

Loma Linda University Children's Hospital recently made history performing the first pediatric partial heart transplant in ...

theheart.org on Medscape, March 26, 2018 Alert FDA Clears World's Smallest Mechanical Heart Valve Expanded approval for Abbott’s Masters Series 15-mm heart valve fills an unmet need in newborns ...

Partial heart transplants provide a range of lifesaving options for children with complex congenital heart conditions, and ...

Memorial Health System’s Department of Cardiology marked a major milestone in heart-healthy care, celebrating its 100th ...

On Sept. 6, 2024, Lev'Veon became the first child in Michigan to get a total artificial heart, and he is possibly the ...

Memorial Health System’s Department of Cardiology celebrated its 100th transcatheter aortic valve replacement procedure, performed by Dr. Jason Schott, interventional cardiologist, and Dr. Geoffrey R.

A 10-year-old child survived 24 days on an artificial heart at Ann-Arbor-based University of Michigan Health’s C.S. Mott ...

In Australia, an artificial heart made of titanium kept a man alive for 100 days while a donor heart was eventually found, marking the longest period that someone has survived on the innovation.

The BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart (TAH) has a single moving part ... As the name suggests, it’s constructed from titanium and there are no valves or mechanical bearings that may be susceptible ...