He worked with a team at the University of Utah to design the first permanent artificial heart implanted in a human.

He worked with a team at the University of Utah to create a mechanical heart. It was later used in patients awaiting an organ ...

Dr. Robert Jarvik, who was a key designer of the first permanent artificial heart implanted in a human, died on Monday in his ...

The groundbreaking, seven-hour procedure was carried out at Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center by an extensive medical team, ...

The Jarvik-7 artificial heart, made of aluminum and plastic, was implanted in 1982 in a retired Des Moines, Wash., dentist, Barney Clark. He lived for 112 days.

In a medical first, a man in Australia survived 100 days with no biological heart—only a titanium device pumping blood through his body. This isn’t science fiction—it’s the reality of cutting-edge ...

"There are 3,000 people in Ohio on the waiting list for all organs," Ross said. "There is a huge need." Some of those ...

Working through May 22 night into the early hours of may 23 Friday, local doctors, with support from Viet Duc Friendship ...

One of the complex procedures involves a repeat heart transplant, highlighting Mount Sinai’s skill and expertise Procedure Mount Sinai Surgeons Perform First Heart-Liver-Kidney Transplants in New York ...