The teen had traveled from Chicago as part of a Make-a-Wish Foundation trip for his cousin, who has sickle cell anemia. The first full day, the family went on a boat trip and got shaved ice, but on ...

Although her life had been extended — the LVAD was now helping her heart pump blood — she was worried. “Who’s going to love ...

The man, who was diagnosed with congestive heart failure nearly a year ago, believes the decision is based on his vaccination status.

Community Medical Center recently held a celebration for patients who have lived ten years on a mechanical heart pump called LVAD. Not long ago, it would have ...

A national clinical trial is underway to compare a novel mechanical heart pump to the only device currently used to treat end-stage heart failure. The INNOVATE study, led by University of Michigan, wi ...

A heart can never rest. That creates a problem for a heart that has lost muscle tissue. “Skeletal muscle has a significant ...