Doctors at UVA Health say new technology is helping reduce that risk for some of their most vulnerable heart patients.

DANVERS, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Abiomed (NASDAQ: ABMD) announces the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the company's investigational device exemption application to start ...

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 ...

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 ...

Physicians at Emory University Hospital performed the first-ever surgical implantation in the United States of a brand-new type of heart pump designed to help save patients with heart failure, using a ...

(Reuters) - Researchers have found a higher rate of dangerous blood clots in patients who received Thoratec Corp's HeartMate II heart pump than had been seen in clinical trials or prior experience, ...