At Sanford Health in Bismarck, doctors have now performed 500 transcatheter aortic valve replacements, known as TAVR.

The revolutionary BiVACOR heart device was moved to Phase 2 of FDA trials after success in five human patients. We spoke with the first human recipient of a BiVACOR heart device months after the ...

First-ever mini-Heart models will be created from hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) patient stem cells, enabling ...

FRIDAY, May 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Dr. Robert Jarvik, the man behind the world’s first permanent artificial heart used in a human, has died. He was 79, The New York Times reported.

Two toddlers, one heart donation. This type of surgery — in which one donor’s heart is used to benefit multiple recipients — is called a split-root domino heart transplant, and it’s pretty ...

The beef was immortalized in an April 1970 cover of Life magazine that featured the two doctors with the caption, “A BITTER FEUD: Two great surgeons at war over the human heart.” But before ...

The revolutionary BiVACOR heart device was moved to Phase 2 of FDA trials after success in five human patients. We spoke with the first human recipient of a BiVACOR heart device months after the ...