A donor heart saved Charlotte Woodward's life 13 years ago. Now Woodward, 35, is fighting for others with Down syndrome or ...

An Australian man with heart failure has become the first person in the world to survive more than 100 days with an artificial titanium heart as he waited to receive a donor transplant. The ...

First, it uses an electro mechanical rotary pump to move blood through the titanium ... on transplant lists and can be an extremely important part of extending the survival rate from heart failure.

The titanium device’s underlying ... mobility to leave the hospital until a donor heart became available. He returned to receive his human transplant in early March, and is now recovering ...

An Australian man lived for 100 days with an artificial titanium heart while he awaited a donor transplant, the longest period to date of someone with the technology. The patient, a man in his 40s ...

the titanium heart could be a future permanent heart replacement for those too old or sick to undergo a transplant. Being a man with a heart of stone isn’t usually a compliment, but a heart of ...

He's the first person in the world to be discharged from the hospital with the titanium device, living at home for about a month before receiving his donor heart. The transplant took place on ...

An Australian man in his 40s survived 100 days with an artificial titanium heart before receiving a donor heart transplant, making medical history. The BiVACOR heart, developed by Dr Daniel Timms ...

To survive her congenital heart disease (CHD) condition, Valentine underwent her first open-heart surgery —called a Fontan ...