Gino Marcantonio has two things to be thankful for that helped save his life when he collapsed from a heart attack on Jan. 21 in his mother’s house. One is technology: Hartford Hospital’s ECMO on the ...

The heart-lung machine was a groundbreaking invention that took place in Philadelphia and has saved millions of lives.

SAN FRANCISCO -- One of the scariest parts of bypass surgery -- having your heart stopped and going on a heart-lung machine while doctors fix your clogged arteries -- is safe even in the elderly and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA designated the recall of Getinge’s heart-lung machine emergency drive as class I, the most serious type.

Two infants, Rachel and Sweety, underwent complex heart surgeries at BM Birla Heart Hospital. Both babies' hearts failed to ...

A groundbreaking medical invention used in a variety of life-saving heart operations was developed in Philadelphia: the heart ...