For VUMC, modern cardiac surgery began in 1971, when the institution recruited three pivotal figures: Harvey Bender, MD, to ...

Kyiv was burning as Dr. Borys Todurov sped through the city in an ambulance, undeterred by the deep thuds of explosions and ...

Cleveland Guardians first baseman Kyle Manzardo has rejoined the team after missing three games to be with his family while ...

Surgeons have developed two low-cost techniques to revive the hearts of people who wish to donate their organs after they die ...

Duke Health has pioneered a world's-first technique that could expand the donor pool for pediatric heart transplants in the U ...

Thelma Haggard faced the possibility of a heart transplant due to severe heart failure, but her son, Billy Wilson, began ...

Alex Gonzalez returns to the pitcher's mound after a lifesaving heart transplant, grateful for the donor who gave him a ...

Surgeons at Tampa General Hospital successfully performed the world’s first known bloodless heart and liver transplant on May 31. Doctors said the nine-hour operation was possible through close ...

New study by three Indian American researchers promises replacement of invasive surgical biopsies with blood test ...

Climbing the stairs to the top of the former John Hancock Center is a feat unto itself, but Laura Valentine​ did it just ...

A team at Durham, N.C.-based Duke Health successfully developed and performed the world’s first on-table heart reanimation for a 3-month-old patient earlier this year. The new technique enables ...