After eight years of training, Dr. Maureen McKiernan made her debut as the lead surgeon on an infant heart transplant — an ...

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 ...

When Anthony Guacci walked into Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center last fall, he had no idea how close he was to the end ...

A rare double organ transplant, the first of its kind at Children’s Hospital Colorado, is giving a brave 11-year-old girl a ...

Pediatric heart transplantation has long been hailed as a life-saving intervention for children suffering from end-stage heart failure. While the procedure offers hope, the long-term outcomes for ...

Following a heart transplant, patients must undergo surgical biopsies so that clinicians can monitor for signs of organ rejection. A new study shows the promise of a biomarker that could allow doctors ...

Through the heart their sons shared, two mothers are connected "For Good" on a mission to spread the word about the ...

HARVEY, Ill. — An Illinois firefighter who survived a heart transplant 10 years ago collapsed and died Saturday while fighting a fire at a mobile home park. Dolton firefighter Lawrence Matthews Jr., ...