A new type of surgically implanted pump that can support a child's failing heart has passed the first stage of human testing in a recent trial. A small, implantable cardiac pump that could help ...

Heart disease can leave a patient tied to a bed or a hospital room waiting on life, instead of living it. However, medical advances are giving people with heart disease a chance to live more freely - ...

No two hearts beat alike. The size and shape of the the heart can vary from one person to the next. These differences can be particularly pronounced for people living with heart disease, as their ...

A small, implantable cardiac pump that could help children await heart transplants at home, not in the hospital, has performed well in the first stage of human testing. The pump, a new type of ...

The first randomized trial to test whether adding a small, temporary pump to allow the heart to rest and intentionally delaying percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), also known as coronary ...

Pumping liquids may seem like a solved problem but optimizing the process is still an area of active research. Any pumping application—from industrial scales to heating systems at home—would benefit ...

In August 2016, Stephen Love, a professor of agriculture at the University of Idaho, suffered a massive heart attack. Love was photographing and collecting native wildflowers in the isolated ...

An intra-aortic balloon pump is a temporary treatment to help the heart pump enough blood around the body, which people with certain heart conditions may require. An intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) ...

The Food and Drug Administration issued its highest-level alert this month about a heart pump associated with reports of 49 deaths and dozens of serious injuries, sharing updated instructions from the ...