The balloon pump can help improve the heart’s ability to pump blood as it needs to. Through a surgical procedure, the device is inserted through your leg into the heart. This is a short-term solution ...

The same technology that enables a bullet train to travel at speeds up to 200 mph without touching its rails now keeps a failing heart pumping - and in the near future, it will do so via a wireless ...

When most people think of heart health, they imagine cardio exercises, nutritious meals and regular doctor visits. Yet, few would suspect a link between their heart and calf muscles. Surprising as it ...

The heart is the body's hardest-working muscle. Whether you're awake or asleep, or exercising or resting, your heart is always at work. It pumps blood through arteries to deliver oxygen to organs and ...

There are new and revised warnings about the instructions for use of a certain type of heart pump that could lead to a risk of heart perforation, according to an alert issued by the pump's ...

Your circulatory system works all day, every day, to pump oxygen throughout your body. There are cardiovascular conditions that can impact this system. Your circulatory system, also known as your ...

Mechanical heart pumps and genetically modified pig hearts may expand treatment options for end-stage heart failure as donor shortages persist, a Warsaw surgeon has said.

We all know that the heart, along with the brain, is the most important organ for the body that is responsible for pumping blood. However, there exists a "second heart" as well, which functions inside ...

Heart failure sounds alarming—and rightfully so. Yet approximately 6.5 million Americans currently live with this condition, many with the specific variant called systolic heart failure, and a ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — An Apache Junction man and his step-daughter are both diagnosed with heart disease and say the same device saved their lives. Both credit their recoveries to a heart pump that’s ...