Heart pump trial launched in UK
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Doctors are to trial a new type of heart pump to help people with heart failure.
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today the approval of a temporary artificial heart for use in patients awaiting a heart transplant.
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Prime minister Tony Blair is having a procedure to correct an irregular heartbeat, first spotted a year ago. Thousands of patients in the UK undergo this simple technique each year, according to the British Heart Foundation.
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An experimental drug developed to relieve fatigue after exercise may also help heart failure patients.
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The UK spends more per person on treating heart disease than any other country in Europe, figures show.
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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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The findings of the 'American-Australian-African trial with DronedarONe In atrial fibrillation or flutter patients for the maintenance of Sinus rhythm' (ADONIS) trial, announced at the annual meeting of the ...
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A study finds a polyester mesh stocking pulled up over the wide bottom of a weak heart can help it pump better and even shrink back to a more normal size.
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A heart-drug trial that was &quot;outsourced&quot; to India and China -- an approach many industries are taking to save money -- demonstrates the
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Funded by Pfizer, the Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial (ASCOT) is an investigator-initiated trial coordinated by an independent steering committee.
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A High Court test case is due to start which could bring a big change to High Street banking in the UK.
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Health officials from all over Britain take part in a trial to see how the country would react to a flu pandemic.
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PATIENTS suffering from chest pain have been offered an unusual cure - putting on a pair of vibrating trousers. The Alexandra Hospital in Cheadle is one of the first in the country to start treating patients
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A device that automatically detects early symptoms of congestive heart failure has been implanted in patients in the United States this month for the first time.
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An experimental Procter & Gamble  antiarrhythmia drug significantly reduced the number of painful  and unpleasant shocks to patients with implanted defibrillators  in a late-stage clinical trial.
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The anti-impotence drug could be a good treatment for heart failure, US researchers believe.
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A mesh stocking pulled up over the wide bottom of a weak heart can help it pump better and even shrink back to a more normal size, according to a study described