The recording starts with a gentle, almost whisper‑like thump that mimics the atrial contraction—an airy “thud” carried through thin layers of synthetic tissue that gives the listener the feeling of ...

Atrium Health’s heart transplant team could potentially double its number of patients thanks to a new technology that keeps a heart beating outside the body, doctors on the team said at a news ...

For the first time ever, surgeons at National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH) successfully performed a heart transplant in which the donor organ never stopped beating. This revolutionary procedure ...

Though an estimated 60 million people around the world have atrial fibrillation, or A-fib, a type of irregular and often fast heartbeat, it's been at least 30 years since any new treatments have been ...