Severe pediatric cardiac decompensation has a mortality risk of 50-65% and is the leading cause of death in children. Heart transplantation is the current standard of care for end-stage pediatric ...

According to a new study published in the journal Science, the mechanical load from the constant beating of the heart might ...

CircuLite, a Saddle Brook, New Jersey medical device company, has raised $30 million in an oversubscribed series D round of financing for the development of what it describes as the world’s smallest ...

Physicians at Emory University Hospital performed the first-ever surgical implantation in the United States of a brand-new type of heart pump designed to help save patients with heart failure, using a ...

Researchers have used supercomputers to model how red blood cells deform and become damaged in mechanical circulatory support devices, such as blood pumps used for heart failure patients. The study ...

A new type of surgically implanted pump that can support a child's failing heart has passed the first stage of human testing in a recent trial. A small, implantable cardiac pump that could help ...

(RTTNews) - CytoSorbents Corp. (CTSO), a company focused on blood purification technology, on Thursday announced the launch and immediate availability of its PuriFi hemoperfusion machine in the ...

On Nov. 18, the heart failure and transplantation team at Emory University Hospital (EUH) made history, performing the first-ever surgical implantation in the United States of a brand-new type of ...

A small, implantable cardiac pump that could help children await heart transplants at home, not in the hospital, has performed well in the first stage of human testing. The pump, a new type of ...