Implantation of a left ventricular assist device offers survival outcomes similar to heart transplantation in young patients ...

The 39-year-old father of two said he owes his extended life to “Dr. Jesus.” That’s his nickname for Dr. Iani Patsias of ...

After severe heart failure, the ability of the heart to heal by forming new cells is very low. However, after receiving treatment with a supportive heart pump, the capacity of a damaged heart to ...

Medicare beneficiaries with heart failure who are Black or female were less likely to receive a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation compared with White and male beneficiaries. Between ...

Doctors implant device that keeps former VP alive until possible transplant. July 15, 2010 -- Former Vice President Dick Cheney, 69, who underwent surgery last week to implant a pump to assist his ...

Too old and too sick for a heart transplant, Arvid Herrman was given a choice: Have a mechanical pump implanted in his heart, potentially keeping him alive for several years, or do nothing and almost ...

NEW YORK -- Harold E. Doley, Jr. had just weeks to live by the time he decided to get a life-saving procedure at NewYork- Presbyterian. He is fifty-year member of the New York Stock Exchange who ...

Two years ago, on a family skiing trip to Colorado, Toby Wise was struggling to keep up. Wise, 45, had always been in good health, played football in high school and played in a softball league and a ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Six and a half years ago, Drake Foster thought he was in good health. "I was 21 years old, living a 21-year-old's life," Foster said. "I was pretty fit, did a manual labor job, and one ...

Two years ago, on a family skiing trip to Colorado, Toby Wise was struggling to keep up. Wise, 45, had always been in good health, played football in high school and played in a softball league and a ...