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 ...

"There was a connection there that I felt," the retired athlete, 50, said of uniting with the family of his heart donor, Casey Angell Stephen Dunn/Allsport via Getty; ESPN Scot Pollard underwent a ...

Doctors at Children's National Hospital performed Preston's surgery. An 11-year-old boy recently became the first person in the world to have an artificial heart valve replaced with a living donor ...

A young Ohio girl’s prayers were answered when doctors told her she would be receiving a new heart after waiting more than 200 days in the hospital for a transplant, as she broke the life-changing ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Cardiac surgeons have discovered two novel techniques that may ...

Cardiac allotransplantation is warranted in children with end-stage heart failure or irreparable congenital heart disease. A dearth of organs for transplantation has contributed to long wait-list ...

The family of 11-year-old heart transplant recipient Ava Cooper is thankful for her second chance at life after a lengthy wait on the transplant list ended in a miracle moment that has since gone ...

Ava Cooper has "a second chance at living" after receiving a long-awaited donor heart Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024, and was ...

In a remarkable leap forward for cardiac care, French medical device company Carmat has introduced the Aeson artificial heart. This is a total artificial heart engineered to last a lifetime, ...

For the past 26 years, hundreds of people have gathered in Denver for the annual Donor Dash. The 5K run/walk is dedicated to honoring, celebrating and recognizing those whose lives have been impacted ...