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Balloon 'last chance treatment' for heart failure

Posted in Medicine on 27th Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller

Scientists have used a pioneering balloon technique as a "last chance" treatment to help a patient with severe heart failure.

Google Life Sciences and American Heart Association commit $50M to study heart disease

Posted in Science on 8th Nov, 2015
by Alex Muller

Google Life Sciences and the American Heart Association (AHA) announced that theyre teaming together to fight heart disease.

How to 3D print a heart

Posted in Medicine on 25th Oct, 2015
by Alex Muller

Carnegie Mellon scientists are creating technology that could one day solve the shortage of heart transplants, which are currently needed to repair damaged organs.

Heart attack blood test 'could cut hospital stays'

Posted in Medicine on 8th Oct, 2015
by Alex Muller

A blood test can more than halve the number of people admitted to hospital with a suspected heart attack, say doctors.

New Tech Doubles Transplant Hearts' Viability Time

Posted in Medicine on 6th Oct, 2015
by Alex Muller

With the new heart in a box, developed by Transmedics, heart transplant success rates may climb substantially.