A heart-lung machine takes over the work of the heart and lungs during surgeries. It oxygenates and circulates blood when a person's heart or lungs can't work properly. While essential, using a ...

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 ...

An 8-year-old boy waiting for a heart transplant is being kept alive by an experimental device that can be used only in dire circumstances. An 8-year-old boy waiting for a heart transplant is being ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Every year, more than 800,00 Americans have a heart attack and about half don't make it. At Regions Hospital however, a machine that increases survival is becoming more readily ...