Edward Barnes promised his dad he'd run Boston. "Even the greatest challenges can lead to extraordinary accomplishments," he ...

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 ...

Back in December she had an experimental surgery where they inserted a new type of artificial valve into her heart. She said because of this surgery she has gotten her life back. “I’ve been ...

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 ...

Memorial Health System’s Department of Cardiology marked a major milestone in heart-healthy care, celebrating its 100th transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedure performed by ...

Patients who underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) with a valve designed to treat aortic regurgitation had ...

When surgeons began boldly transplanting human hearts, they appeared to come into direct competition with researchers who had spent years trying to devise an artificial heart. But last week ...

Varanasi: An 18-year-old boy with a complex congenital cardiac abnormality was operated on successfully in the ...

The BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart (TAH) has a single moving part, a levitated rotor that’s held in place by magnets. As the name suggests, it’s constructed from titanium and there are no valves or ...

The BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart (TAH) has a single moving part: a levitated rotor held in place by magnets. As the name suggests, it's constructed from titanium, and there are no valves or ...