A groundbreaking medical invention used in a variety of life-saving heart operations was developed in Philadelphia: the heart-lung machine. "This was the invention," Dr. Joseph Bavaria, head of ...

Over the past century, heart operations that once were unthinkable have become commonplace. Thousands of times a day, surgeons graft arteries, fix structural defects or transplant entire hearts.

SAN FRANCISCO -- One of the scariest parts of bypass surgery -- having your heart stopped and going on a heart-lung machine while doctors fix your clogged arteries -- is safe even in the elderly and ...

FORT SMITH, Ark. — The Fort Smith Baptist Health's new portable heart and lung bypass machine is "a life-saving piece of equipment," according to Dr. Hussam Hawamdeh. The Medical Director of ...

Using heart-lung bypass machines with shorter circuits, for example, would limit the volume of blood-diluting solution needed to run the pump. Randomized trials to assess whether methods for ...

Korle Bu's National Cardiothoracic Centre u has successfully performed its first off-pump coronary artery bypass surgeries, ...