PHOENIX - Mayo Clinic in Arizona is bringing a life-changing medical advancement to its patients through a change in the heart donation and transplant process. Previously, hearts can only be taken ...

A new generation of artificial intelligence (AI) tools could help save more patients who need heart transplants by making better use of donor hearts that are currently discarded, according to research ...

Find out what the quiet process is that leads to a heart attack. Cardiologist shares what happens inside the arteries ...

What if doctors could determine heart health before ever stepping into the operating room? At Kennesaw State University, ...

Because objective, fluctuating physiologic measurements can substantially improve the prediction of who will die while waiting for a heart transplant, scores that better rank patients by medical ...

Literal heartbreak, from illness or injury, triggers the body's natural healing mechanisms. The result of such mending is often a scar. It's a patch that works, but fibrotic scar tissue replaces ...

Scientists at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute in Australia have produced a first of its kind integrated map of heart cells which unlocks the process of cardiac fibrosis – a major cause of ...

Process improvement is often described in operational terms: streamline workflows, manage variation, eliminate waste, optimize revenue, and drive greater value to our customer. In healthcare, we ...

A new type of synthetic heart valve could soon be available to help treat children living with chronic rheumatic heart disease. Researchers at Harvard University’s Wyss Institute and John A. Paulson ...