Both patients were battling idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and secondary pulmonary hypertension — progressive and ...

Kolkata: The case of a rare and complex heart surgery on a six-month-old girl in a Kolkata hospital was published by the World Journal of Paediatric a.

Similar to open-heart surgery, individuals are temporarily placed on a heart-lung bypass machine during the operation. However, small incisions called "ports" are made to access the damaged valve ...

"A patient came in because his toe 'looked funny.' As a diabetic, my alarm bells were going off, so I had him take his shoe ...

Former UFC fighter Ben Askren recently provided an update after nearly dying four times and needing a double lung transplant.

Technology first used by the ancient Egyptians has been used to improve the safety of the heart-lung machine. The machine is used during open-heart surgery to provide oxygen and circulate blood around ...

When Valdas Bieliauskas fell into the Franklin River, it triggered an extraordinary rescue mission that pushed everyone to ...

But Deaconess Hospital didn't even have an intensive care unit at the time, much less a heart-lung bypass machine. Heiser purchased the equipment and assembled a team.

A paramedic has called ahead to alert the hospital that Valdas urgently needs to go on a heart-lung bypass machine, called ECMO, if he is to survive. The ECMO machine warms and oxygenates his blood ...

Taylor Swift's team announced that her dad, Scott Swift, was recovering from a quintuple bypass. Here's what to know about ...

Taylor Swift's team announced that her dad, Scott Swift, was recovering from a quintuple bypass. Here's what to know about the surgery.

Researchers are making ever more sophisticated mini organs in the lab — and now they can grow their own blood vessels. The ...