To treat this life-threatening condition, surgeons may perform a heterotopic or “piggyback” heart transplant. During this procedure, a second heart is grafted on the patient’s existing heart to help ...
The UPMC Heart Transplant Program has opened an evaluation clinic for heart transplants in Harrisburg.
Linda Morgan’s transplant journey has inspired many and will continue to do so as she shares her story with the world.
Sept. 21 was already an indelible day for Travis Mills. It was the birthday of his mother, who passed away in 2018. While it'll always be connected with her memory, it's now an even more important day ...
A soldier who spent years helping to save lives, working as an Army medic, is speaking out and urging people to consider ...
He had a heart transplant performed last year on Sept. 21. With the Alaska Heart Run shifting to the fall starting this year, that means this Saturday’s run will land on the first anniversary of ...
During a 4-hour procedure in early April, cardiac surgeon Dr. Suguru Ohira performed a "beating heart" transplant at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla. A mechanically beating heart is kept ...
Saudi Arabia's King Faisal Specialist Hospital has achieved a medical milestone by performing the world's first fully robotic heart transplant on a 16-year-old boy. The two-and-a-half-hour ...
Transplant for end-stage PAH remains an important treatment option. Heart-lung transplantation plummeted from 91.7% to 21.4% between 1991 and 2014. Yet in the United States and Europe, PAH is the ...
The innovation is hoped to shift heart transplant surgery away from traditional chest-opening procedures, which have long ...