In nearly 60 years, heart transplantation has transformed from a daring vision to an established surgical procedure. Since ...

The health of your heart and circulatory system is critical to your overall well-being, and one of the most powerful ways to support these systems is through daily exercise. Incorporating physical ...

The FDA’s Circulatory System Devices Panel voted not to recommend approving use of an interatrial shunt to improve heart failure symptoms and prognosis.In a 0-15 vote, the committee determined risk ...

J&J is pursuing premarket approval for the heart shunt. Although advisory committees provide recommendations to the FDA, the ...

An FDA advisory panel gave a unanimous verdict for an interatrial shunt in heart failure: no way.

A new study shows that drinking coffee isn't as bad for our arteries as some previous studies would suggest. The research has shown that drinking coffee, including in people who drink up to 25 cups a ...

At 1 year, patients who underwent heart transplantation using organs donated after circulatory death have outcomes comparable to those receiving hearts donated after brain death, according to new ...

TO SUPPORT. THE FRENCH QUARTER FESTIVAL PICKS BACK UP AT 11 THIS MORNING, AND TODAY THERE’S SOMETHING SPECIAL PLANNED FOR THE YOUNGEST FESTIVAL GOERS AND THE STEM ZONE RETURNS. AND THIS YEAR IT WILL ...

Some people think it’s creepy. Some people think it’s cool. Most people think it’s a little of both. But one thing is certain – it’s back. “Body Worlds,” the popular exhibit featuring preserved human ...

Ventura's permanent interatrial shunt was designed to shunt blood from the left to right atrium to improve symptoms in ...

Some people wear their hearts on their sleeves, but TransMedics is all about its “heart in a box”—and now, so is an FDA advisory panel, which voted in favor of agency approval for the donor heart ...

Drinking coffee might keep us up at night, but new research has given us a reason to sleep easy knowing that the popular drink isn't as bad for our arteries as some previous studies would suggest. The ...