Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It doesn't look like much, but Katrina Penney says she wouldn't be here today without a very small heart pump. Penney went into ...

Heart disease can leave a patient tied to a bed or a hospital room waiting on life, instead of living it. However, medical advances are giving people with heart disease a chance to live more freely - ...

WAILUKU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The world’s smallest heart pump has made its way to Maui. Nine months after launching at Maui Memorial Medical Center, the island’s only acute-care hospital, it has saved ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — An Apache Junction man and his step-daughter are both diagnosed with heart disease and say the same device saved their lives. Both credit their recoveries to a heart pump that’s ...

How an artificial heart pump saved the life of a longtime singer. How an artificial heart pump saved the life of a longtime singer and enabled him to maintain his quality of life. Grover Silcox ...

A new type of surgically implanted pump that can support a child's failing heart has passed the first stage of human testing in a recent trial. A small, implantable cardiac pump that could help ...

In heart failure, the necessary oxygen levels and nutrients do not meet the body’s demands, setting off a domino effect of congestion in the lungs, kidneys and other areas. About 6.7 million adults in ...