In a first for the United States, surgeons have successfully performed a fully robotic heart transplant, swapping out a failing human heart without even cracking open the chest or breaking the ...

Hadassah doctors performed the country’s first-ever complete artificial heart transplant on a 63-year-old patient, offering new hope for patients with severe heart failure.

However, the American Heart Association (AHA) notes that a doctor must stop the heart or lungs to perform certain surgeries. In this case, the heart-lung machine substitutes for the action of both ...

The machine takes over the work of the heart and the lungs, siphoning blood and removes carbon dioxide and oxygenates it before sending it back to the body, giving the patient's heart and lungs ...

Justin Cauthen, the first pediatric patient to undergo a heart transplant at a Long Island hospital, opened his eyes after seven hours in surgery and could finally breathe easy.

The first of its kind device may save lives by boosting the number of lungs salvaged for transplant. On the XPS machine%2C lungs are examined%2C squeezed and tested to make sure they%27re working ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – You wouldn’t think you could live when both your heart and lungs are failing, but there is technology that makes it possible, and the first and only program of its kind in ...

Read full article: Yes, allergy season is getting longer – here’s why A doctor listens to a woman's lungs. Read full article: 5 reasons nonsmokers get diagnosed with lung cancer The control ...

But in Lev'Veon's case, the heart that once sustained him, pumping blood throughout his body with rhythmic beats, withered and died. His kidneys failed and his lung function began to decline, too ...

Griffith had planned to leave Bennett plugged into the heart-lung machine for another week or so — comparing it to "training wheels," as the pig heart got used to its new environment.