Two-time Olympic silver-medallist Roger Black feared he would not wake up after he had open heart surgery in January. Black, ...

Worldwide, millions of people are worried about increasing heart disease, which encompasses high blood pressure, coronary ...

The man, who was in his 40s and suffering from severe heart failure, was also the first person to leave the hospital with a titanium heart. He is recovering well after getting a new, donor heart ...

The BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart (TAH) has a single moving part: a levitated rotor held in place by magnets. As the name ...

Having lost a great deal of weight appears to offer some protection against ill health even for those who have regained some of their weight loss.

Congenital heart disease is any problem with the heart's development that a person is born with. It means the heart has not formed properly. It affects between four and nine children out of every 1000 ...

A recent study from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus suggests that the widely used sedative midazolam may ...

Valves repaired through open heart surgery, however, "may not last forever," leading ... day-to-day symptoms of shortness of ...

The discovery of a novel approach to promote cardiomyocyte proliferation offers new hope for the treatment of ischemic heart failure.

Eastes was shocked to learn in fall 2021 from her doctors at the University of Kansas Medical Center that she was ...

Among patients with OSA, sleep surgery vs CPAP therapy or no treatment reduces the risk for motor vehicle accidents.

The 58-year-old told BBC Breakfast, during a feature to raise awareness on heart disease: "It is a big shock ... As Black continues on the mend following his surgery, Michael Johnson, his one ...