A surgeon who was inspired by his aunt's sewing machine to invent a pioneering heart surgery device has been given an award.

A clinical trial by NSW Ambulance has saved lives by bringing a machine that's usually only available in hospital to the ...

During most open-heart surgeries it is necessary to connect you to a heart-lung bypass machine. During this time, your heart will stop. This machine takes over the work of the heart, oxygenating your ...

In some procedures, the heart is slowed with medicine but is still beating during the procedure. For these types of surgery, a heart-lung bypass machine is not needed. (For open-chest surgery, a heart ...

In sharp contrast to earlier studies, patients with severe triple-vessel heart disease fared equally well whether they ...

Coronary bypass surgery is one treatment option ... Your surgeon will make an incision in your chest to access your heart and will use a machine to take over blood flow while your heart is ...

As with other bypass patients, Bakaeen has encouraged ... the risk of cognitive decline is low thanks to advances in heart-lung machines, anesthesia, and care before surgery, among other improvements.

was conducted at 12 hospitals in Canada and the U.S. and included 420 patients with excessive bleeding during cardiac surgery that involved the use of a heart-lung bypass machine. The patients' median ...

The eCPR program is specifically designed for patients in Forsyth County who experience sudden cardiac arrest due ... which is a heart and lung bypass machine. Forsyth County EMS paramedics ...