For most of history, the human heart has been regarded as ... This kind of blind surgery—or closed heart surgery—spread to hospitals around the world. Impressive as the technique was, it ...

The man, who was in his 40s and suffering from severe heart failure, was also the first person to leave the hospital with a ...

Max will undergo surgery at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Heart Institute to replace his pulmonary valve with an adult-sized human valve, or a manmade tissue valve. This type of valve can last ...

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Edwards saw the human heart as a pump, too ... but he didn’t,” said OHSU emeritus professor of surgery, Dr. Richard Mullins. “The two had a conversation.” Starr convinced Edwards they ...

Lasting up to seven hours (and sometimes longer), the surgery is time-consuming and ... good idea of what's involved in taking the heart of one human and making it work in another.

A new method for guiding and performing heart bypass surgery has proved to be successful in its initial clinical trial, led by a team of researchers at the University of Galway, Ireland.

It also shows how the pacemaker cells restart her heart after the surgery. This short film is from the BBC series, Inside the Human Body. The 3D footage brings the topic to life and would enhance ...