&#39;Sleeve&#39; Implant Helps Reverse Enlarged Hearts
635921
A mesh &quot;sleeve&quot; surgically wrapped around the heart has shown promise for helping people with heart failure. Manufacturers of the new device, the Acorn CorCap Cardiac Support
455461
Fourteen-year-old Travis Marcus left the Arkansas Children Hospital Thursday after giving his surgeon a bear hug. Marcus is the first child to receive a new heart after relying on a newly developed miniature heart pump.
177338
By Marie McCullough, The Philadelphia Inquirer  Jan. 31--Silicone-gel breast implants are back.
442098
Building an artificial heart has proved tougher than landing men on the moon, but a new study shows that a heart once considered a flop can prolong the lives of desperately sick patients until a donor heart is found.
388391
NEW YORK  - Over the last decade, the use  of angioplasty and coronary artery bypass grafting to treat  elderly heart patients has increased, and outcomes of these  procedures have improved.
37355
A new way to manipulate human embryonic stem cells offers hope of a treatment for muscular dystrophies.
334109
A new implantable device can extract stem cells for therapeutic transplant or program cancer cells to die.
717941
By Julie Anderson, Omaha World-Herald, Neb.  Feb. 18--They're back, but they aren't exactly flying off the shelves in the Omaha metropolitan area.   Silicone gel-filled breast implants returned to the market for augmentation purposes three months ago after the U.S.
152104
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.
432871
The 13th patient to receive the world's first fully implantable artificial heart died Sunday night after an unexpected malfunction in the device made by Abiomed Inc. of Danvers, company officials said yesterday.
636841
A tiny tent-like device implanted into the heart appears to block strokes caused by a common irregular heartbeat, sealing off a spot where dangerous blood clots form, German and U.S. researchers reported Wednesday...
467393
A technique to remove dangerous swellings from the body's biggest artery could save thousands of lives, a study suggests.
423009
NEW ORLEANS -- 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, a study found.
345114
Building an artificial heart has proved tougher than landing men on the moon, but a new study shows that a heart once considered a flop can prolong the lives of desperately sick
386937
Injecting immature cells into hearts   damaged months or years earlier by a heart attack can help that   heart beat more efficiently, a study showed on Wednesday.
761117
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.
186998
NEW ORLEANS - A simple fabric device that looks like fishnet hose but acts like support stockings helped weak hearts pump more efficiently and even shrink back to a more normal size, researchers reported at an American Heart Association conference.