When a child's heart fails, a transplant is often the only hope. But to keep kids alive while they wait, doctors often use artificial pumps. Some, however, are too big, and some require major surgery.

CARBONDALE — A device just a few millimeters wide is extending lives for cardiac patients undergoing complex procedures and treatments. Described as the world’s smallest heart pump, cardiologists at ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla — The world’s smallest heart pump is keeping patients alive on the First Coast. Ascension St. Vincent's has completed 500 procedures using the device, which provides an alternative ...

(WXYZ) — Nearly 500,000 people undergo open heart surgery every year. It's costly, and there's risk of death, stroke, or other complications. But there is ...

It doesn't look like much, but Katrina Penney says she wouldn't be here today without a very small heart pump. Penney went into heart failure two years ago. She had been living with a donated heart ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Ascension St. John Hospital and Medical Center, Detroit: ...

BUCKEYE, Ariz. — A Valley woman beat incredible odds, surviving a massive heart attack thanks to a revolutionary new piece of technology; a tiny heart pump. It was March 25 when Deanna Morehead, 61, ...

KINGWOOD, TX (KTRK) -- Marie Holt, a 79-year-old former Navy nurse from San Antonio is the first patient at the Kingwood Medical Center and in the Lake Houston area to have a specialized heart ...

69-year-old Malcolm Clarrissimeaux has several blocked arteries near his heart. He says doctors came in and told him, "You're a primary candidate for bypass surgery." But Clarrissimeauux would have ...