Physicians at Emory University Hospital performed the first-ever surgical implantation in the United States of a brand-new type of heart pump designed to help save patients with heart failure, using a ...

Severe pediatric cardiac decompensation has a mortality risk of 50-65% and is the leading cause of death in children. Heart transplantation is the current standard of care for end-stage pediatric ...

When children with heart failure await transplants, they typically stay at the hospital for months to years, tethered to a bulky blood-pumping device. But an implantable heart pump could allow them to ...