For 5 weeks, the tiny Impella kept Katrina Penney's failed heart pumping while a second heart transplant was secured.

The world's smallest heart pump helped save a Children's Hospital of Philadelphia patient's life. Now that it's been ...

A new biological patch, designed from heart cells grown in the laboratory, could bring a glimmer of hope in the treatment of ...

Now, let’s make them enjoy life more.” VADs are mechanical pumps that are surgically implanted inside the chest to help the heart pump blood. The VAD can be a lifesaving treatment for patients ...

In "remarkable" work, a patch of engineered heart muscle cells was used to strengthen a patient's heart before transplant.

A nurse involved in a world-first surgery in Saudi Arabia has spoken about how robotics can assist in patient care. Read more ...

HeartMate 3, the artificial heart pump developed by Abbott, was implanted in a 35-year-old man who had been hospitalised for nearly four months due to advanced heart failure, which led to kidney and ...

Scientists have taken a major step forward in developing a new treatment for heart failure. A recent study tested a heart ...

A woman with heart failure was kept alive long enough to receive a heart transplant, in part thanks to newly developed ...

The woman, who had a heart attack in 2016 and later developed heart failure, had an operation to implant 10 patches of 400 million cells on the surface of her heart. Her condition then remained ...

Nine kids were kept alive using this heart pump. All participants had severe ... "A lot of the children in whom they were implanted would probably not have made it with conventional therapy ...

Patches of beating, lab-grown muscle sewn into failing hearts can keep patients alive for years while they wait for a ...