UMC-developed artificial heart &#39;triumph of medical technology&#39;
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The CardioWest artificial heart developed at University Medical Center is &quot;a triumph of medical technology&quot; that saves the lives of patients dying from heart disease, a leading medical journal is reporting today.
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Patients with chronic kidney failure could be freed from fixed dialysis machines, thanks to a wearable artificial kidney that has shown promising results in a pilot study.
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Federal regulators approved use of an artificial heart yesterday, marking the first time a mechanical device has been made widely available to replace a failing human organ.
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The sickest heart patients fare better when they are outfitted with an artificial device and tethered to a dishwasher-size power source while waiting for a heart transplant, says a study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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A new technique uses a magnetic field to guide potential therapies to stents in clogged blood vessels.
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Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States are close to mending broken hearts. They have managed to create a small swatch of heart tissue that displays many of the hallmarks
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A novel fabric mesh sleeve that works like a girdle to reshape enlarged hearts showed promise in treating patients with heart failure and will be submitted for US regulatory
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A new therapy shows glimpses of promise, but proving a benefit in heart patients could be hard.
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In a move to save an infant, doctors sought a device they had never tried before: a miniaturized pump called the Berlin Heart.
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TUESDAY, Sept. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers are reporting an advance in tissue engineering techniques that has helped them move a step closer toward a living replacement heart valve for children.
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A new implantable device can extract stem cells for therapeutic transplant or program cancer cells to die.
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The first artificial heart won U.S. approval Monday for use as a temporary measure to keep alive patients on the verge of death while they wait for live organs to become available for transplants.
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[Health India]: Washington, Dec 21 : Johns Hopkins University researchers have found the first evidence that genetically engineered heart cells derived from human embryonic stem (ES) cells might one day turn out to be a promising biological alternative to
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A heart patient who had muscle cells transferred from his leg to his heart makes good progress.
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A robotic arm able to carry out an intricate life-saving heart operation is being pioneered by UK surgeons.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A man who lived more than five months with an artificial heart has died of multiple organ failure, the heart manufacturer said today.
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A Massachusetts company gets a humanitarian exemption to sell gadgets that act like an artificial heart, but don't last as long. They are only approved for patients close to death.