Dozens of patients were put at risk after two of the UK's leading transplant centres continued fitting a heart device - despite knowing of concerns it had a higher mortality rate than its rival ...

Researchers suggest patients with heart devices, such as pacemakers and defibrillators, face twice the risk of infection compared to the 1990s, according to U.S. News and World Report. Researchers ...

Jan 15 (Reuters) - Boston Scientific said on Thursday it will buy medtech firm Penumbra in a deal valued at about $14.5 billion to expand its portfolio of cardiovascular devices, in the largest ...

At today's Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) in Boston, Angela Lorts, MD, MBA, issued an urgent call for improved ...

John Barrass, 78, is successfully treated at Sheffield's Northern General Hospital.

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators are warning doctors and patients about safety issues with two separate Boston Scientific heart devices recently linked to injuries and deaths. The Food and ...

CVRx’s stock has risen nearly 20% after the company revealed that its heart failure device is set to be investigated in an ...

Ventricular assist devices are mechanical pumps that take over the function of the damaged ventricle in order to re-establish normal hemodynamics and end-organ blood flow. In addition, VADs unload the ...

Wearable health devices are no longer limited to step counts and workout summaries. They are evolving into daily health companions that monitor stress, heart rhythms, sleep quality, metabolism, and ...