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Texas Heart Institute implants artificial heart

Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

"Discover the groundbreaking success of the first-in-human implantation of the BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart by the Texas Heart Institute, offering hope for he

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Artificial heart saves 4th patient

Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

Surgeons at Cincinnati-based The Christ Hospital performed a successful human implantation of the BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart, marking the fourth hospital in the U.S. to complete the procedure as part of the FDA's early feasibility study.

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The titanium heart keeping transplant patients alive

Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

hospital to perform a BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart implantation as part of the FDA's early feasibility study. Banner-University Medical Center Phoenix has become the third U.S.

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Heart muscle can regenerate in some patients, study suggests

Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

Some heart failure patients with artificial hearts have been able to regenerate heart muscle, potentially paving the way for future heart failure treatment options, according to a study published Nov. 21 in Circulation.

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Autus Valve | The expandable artificial heart valve

Wellnest

However, Boston Children’s Hospital’s new invention, ‘Autus Valve’ has the potential to change it all! Autus Valve, the prosthetic heart valve that adapts and grows with the kid’s biological growth! Currently, Boston Children’s Hospital is undertaking clinical trials that have been approved by the US FDA.

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Henry Ford Health Heart Failure Patient First in Michigan to Receive Breakthrough Device

DAIC

Henry Ford Health's Center for Structural Heart Disease team delivered its first in Michigan FDA-approved VOQUE Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement System to a heart failure patient on February 13, 2024 at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. director of Interventional and Structural Heart Research at Henry Ford Hospital.

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Titanium heart makes Time's 'Best Inventions' list

Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

The BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart is included on the 'The Best Inventions of 2024' list published Oct. 30 in Time.