For the first time ever, surgeons at National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH) successfully performed a heart transplant in which the donor organ never stopped beating. This revolutionary procedure ...

Using an organ from a donor who underwent cardiac death, Stanford Medicine surgeons transplanted a heart while it was beating—the first time such a procedure has been achieved. Initially performed by ...

You may have heard the phrase "my heart skipped a beat" when someone was talking about a romantic encounter. In truth, hearts that beat irregularly are dangerous for your health. Atrial fibrillation ...

DETROIT (June 25, 2024) – Ken Miller of Ferndale, Mich., woke up on his 58 th birthday to extraordinary news: he was the recipient of the first beating-heart transplant in the state of Michigan, and ...

Combining a biological heart and a silicone robotic pump, researchers created a biorobotic heart that beats like a real one, with a focus on a valve on the left side of the heart. The heart valve ...

Researchers discover that heart cells in developing zebrafish start beating suddenly and all at once Becoming a full-fledged organism out of a handful of cells, complete with functioning tissues and ...