A heart-lung machine is a piece of medical equipment that temporarily takes over the work of the heart and lungs, circulating oxygenated blood throughout the body. Also called a cardiopulmonary ...

machine is a life support machine that takes over the function of the heart and lungs. When patients are connected to an ECMO machine, their blood is pumped via tubes to a machine that adds oxygen ...

The dream of building a machine to take over the function of the heart and lungs during surgery had existed before World War II. Early prototypes, built by pioneers like Dr. John Gibbon in Great ...

A chance glimpse at a magazine as a child cemented Indu Deglurkar's career path for her.

Robotic surgery was first introduced in the late 20th century and has long since found its place in the medical community.

A team at New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health’s Cohen Children’s Medical Center performed its first pediatric heart ...

CABG is open-heart surgery in which, in most cases, the heart is stopped, and a heart-lung machine takes over pumping blood ...

Clinical trial results published March 29 in the Journal of the American Medical Association indicate a potential shift in managing bleeding complications after major open-heart surgery.