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Self-Navigating Catheter Designed for Heart Surgery Tested in Pigs
Self-Navigating Catheter Designed for Heart Surgery Tested in Pigs
The robotic catheter can guide its own movements within the heart of a live mammal to the site of a leaky valve replacement.
The robotic catheter can guide its own movements within the heart of a live mammal to the site of a leaky valve replacement.
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Mitochondrial Infusions Given to Babies with Heart Damage
Kerry Grens | Jul 10, 2018 | 1 min read
Among 11 infants treated to date, most survived and their heart function improved.
Image of the Day: Cold Hearted
The Scientist Staff and The Scientist Staff | Jan 22, 2018 | 1 min read
Cardiologists have found a way to cool the human heart in a localized way to help reduce muscle damage from heart attacks.
Why Afternoon Open Heart Surgery Is Better for Patient Outcomes
Catherine Offord | Oct 27, 2017 | 2 min read
Research in human patients and mice reveals the role of the circadian clock in the risk of heart damage at different times of day.
If It Ain't Broke . . .
Kerry Grens | Jan 1, 2016 | 4 min read
Is there room to improve upon the tried-and-true, decades-old technology of artificial hearts?
Hearts in Hand
The Scientist Staff | Dec 31, 2015 | 1 min read
Texas Heart Institute heart surgeon Bud Frazier is a pioneer of heart transplant technologies.