The BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart (TAH) is a compact, titanium-constructed device about the size of a fist. Despite its small stature, it packs a powerful punch. It can pump blood at a rate of 12 ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — It’s incredibly rare for doctors to rely on artificial hearts, but for 22-year-old Tommy Janes and his ...

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Forward-looking: Approximately five percent of adults listed for a heart transplant in the US die each year while waiting for a suitable donor heart. One of these patients, however, beat the odds by ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A miniaturized heart pump helped keep eight out of nine severely ill children alive long enough to receive a heart transplant, U.S. researchers said on Monday. Heart assist devices ...

CLEVELAND — Ava Cooper is not your average 10-year-old. With a smile that can pull anybody out of a funk, she carries a spirit that belies the incredible medical journey she's been on. Her father Sean ...

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - After being diagnosed with a heart condition last year, a local man is thankful to be alive thanks to a medical procedure at The Christ Hospital. “I like to jokingly say, I wasn’t ...