That’s not the case for all of us, I’m reminded, as I look inside a cardboard box containing around 20 plastic hearts—each a ...

When doctors tell patients they'll access their heart through the groin, many react with confusion or concern. Yet this ...

Dr. Albert Starr, a world-renowned cardiovascular surgeon who co-invented and implanted the first artificial heart valve at ...

For most of history, the human heart has ... usher in the age of modern surgery. One of the first surgeons to use these improved techniques to gain access to the heart was Dr. Dwight Harken ...

OK, so there's really nothing humorous or easy about heart transplant surgery. Last year in the ... of what's involved in taking the heart of one human and making it work in another.

Now, a heart simulator that replicates the complicated movements and functions of a real human heart has been created ...

She needs to have major heart surgery. Her heart will be stopped ... a depiction of the inner workings of the human eye by combining CGI with a real life story of divers who can see clearly ...

57-year-old David Bennett, who doctors say was too ill to qualify for a human heart, is doing well three days after the experimental seven-hour treatment. The surgery is being hailed by many as a ...