Andrea Ybarra received one of the first “beating heart’ transplants at the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. / Image Source: Associated Press Photo by Damian Dovarganes
Medical science has just taken a giant leap forward for patients awaiting heart transplants. In a nutshell, the human heart that can now continue to beat outside of the body. continue reading...
A French team has invented a prosthetic heart that may be able to replace the real thing in patients in need of heart transplants. The new device is not the first of its kind, but it may be the first with limited drawbacks. Further tests are required, but if all goes well this device could be available as early as 2013. Read more… continue reading...
