VALHALLA, Westchester County (WABC) -- Ricardo Acuna has a simple message for the organ donor who gave him a second chance at life. "Thank you for the new heart," he said. The 62 year old is the ...

Washington State University researchers have developed a 3D-printed model of the left side of the heart that contracts and beats, offering the chance for surgeons and medical students to rehearse impo ...

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 ...

A medical team at National Taiwan University Hospital reports that they’ve completed the first beating heart transplant—a procedure in which a donor heart experiences no reduced blood flow during ...

DETROIT, Michigan (WXYZ) — Ferndale’s Ken Miller is now the recipient of the first beating heart transplant in Michigan history. Not only that, he’s now one of ...

A new transplant procedure could be the answer to enhancing access and successful outcomes for patients in need of a new heart. Known as a beating-heart transplant, the process reduces the times a ...

Washington State University researchers have developed a 3D-printed model of the left side of the heart that contracts and beats ...

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 ...

SEATTLE — Deep in a chest opened by surgical saw and knife, a scalpel carefully cuts a tiny hole in a major artery on the side of the beating heart. Blood spews in a pencil-lead-thin stream but stops ...

The human body has the ability to do remarkable things. During complicated procedures like heart surgery, it does things that ...

RACINE -Ê Within a few hours of heart surgery last week, 68-year-old Barna Bencs of Racine was back on his feet at St. Mary's Medical Center, amazed at how good he felt. He and his family weren't the ...

DETROIT (WXYZ) — Ferndale's Ken Miller is now the recipient of the first beating heart transplant in Michigan history. Not only that, he's now one of the few people ...