Study investigators cautioned against routine use of the device in complex percutaneous coronary interventions and to treat ...

The same technology that enables a bullet train to travel at speeds up to 200 mph without touching its rails now keeps a failing heart pumping - and in the near future, it will do so via a wireless ...

The balloon pump can help improve the heart’s ability to pump blood as it needs to. Through a surgical procedure, the device is inserted through your leg into the heart. This is a short-term solution ...

There are new and revised warnings about the instructions for use of a certain type of heart pump that could lead to a risk of heart perforation, according to an alert issued by the pump's ...

The lifesaving surgery used to treat children with single ventricle heart disease, the Fontan procedure, can pose serious ...

Temporary mechanical circulatory support (MCS) devices augment the output of a failing heart: they are intended to assist with the pumping function of the heart for a period of up to several days, ...

The heart is the body's hardest-working muscle. Whether you're awake or asleep, or exercising or resting, your heart is always at work. It pumps blood through arteries to deliver oxygen to organs and ...