A heart-lung machine takes over the work of the heart and lungs during surgeries. It oxygenates and circulates blood when a person's heart or lungs can't work properly. While essential, using a ...

An 8-year-old boy waiting for a heart transplant is being kept alive by an experimental device that can be used only in dire circumstances. An 8-year-old boy waiting for a heart transplant is being ...

When a healthy heart does its thing in the human body, it uses what’s called a pulsatile flow to rhythmically move blood through the cardiovascular system. When the heart is offline during certain ...

Cleveland Clinic Weston’s Dr. Cedric Sheffield said that the most common left ventricular assist device being used right now for adults is Abbott’s HeartMate 3, above. Courtesy of Abbott When a ...

Over the past century, heart operations that once were unthinkable have become commonplace. Thousands of times a day, ...