Post-transplant—during which the heart continued to beat during the entire process—a 49-year old who was experiencing end-stage heart failure is alive and well.

At the heart of this engineering miracle is a 3,000-ton magnet system central to creating an “invisible shield” that keeps superheated plasma contained long enough to kickstart a fusion reaction.

How it works: The ‘never-skip-a-beat’ tech Inspired by ECMO life support, NTUH’s organ care system keeps the heart pumping outside the body using a system of pumps, oxygenators and reservoirs.

There was never any doubt—his vision, his capabilities, his heart, his humanity. So when he told me the story, I was in. I was in from the moment I knew Ryan Coogler wanted to meet me.

Previously, teams from Stanford University (the university where the first U.S. heart transplant was performed in 1968) had also published studies claiming that they performed beating heart ...

Interestingly, in 2023 and 2024, Stanford University issued papers detailing its own beating-heart transplant operations – but in procedures to date, the hearts had undergone brief periods of ...

With a “beating heart” transplant, the heart only stops once. After it’s connected to the pump, it continues to beat, nonstop, even as it is inserted into the recipient’s chest and ...

LOUIS -- Dr. Scally, a cardiothoracic surgeon with Prairie Cardiovascular in O’Fallon, Illinois, explains mitral valve disease, a condition that affects the mitral valve, which controls blood ...

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The pig heart is much bigger than a human heart but is structurally similar to a human one, Iaizzo said. This means research conducted on a pig heart can translate to healthcare advancements for human ...

Mack, 62, was the recipient of the state’s first-ever beating heart transplant on Nov. 13. The heart was flown in from 2,000 miles away in the middle of the night.

Japanese culture -- "how a Japanese person is made"-- is explored in the short film 'Instruments of a Beating Heart,' directed by Ema Ryan Yamazaki.