Gino Marcantonio has two things to be thankful for that helped save his life when he collapsed from a heart attack on Jan. 21 in his mother’s house. One is technology: Hartford Hospital’s ECMO on the ...

Ventilators can assist with lung function for those with severe respiratory infections, and it's often necessary in the ICU.

MANKATO — Utilizing lasers, balloons and a heart-lung machine, a local physician is credited with bringing multiple new cardiology advancements to Mankato area patients. These new resources, ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LivaNova PLC (Nasdaq: LIVN), a market-leading medical technology and innovation company, today announced it received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance ...

Dr. John Gibbon invented the heart-lung machine and used it to perform the world’s first successful open-heart surgery on May 6, 1953. Dr. John Gibbon was a researcher and surgeon at Jefferson Medical ...

For weeks, and months, and even years, surgical teams at more than 20 medical centers around the world have been standing ready to make the first transplant of a heart from one human being to another.

SAN FRANCISCO — One of the scariest parts of bypass surgery — having your heart stopped and going on a heart-lung machine while doctors fix your clogged arteries — is safe even in the elderly and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA designated the recall of Getinge’s heart-lung machine emergency drive as class I, the most serious type.