Nearly all U.S. transplant centers require patients to prove they can pay. This story is from Kaiser Health News When Patrick Mannion heard about the Michigan woman denied a heart transplant because ...

Thirteen years ago, Charlotte Woodward received a heart transplant. Others with disabilities aren't always so lucky, but she's fighting to make sure they have the same chance Tim Coburn Charlotte ...

Partial heart transplants for congenital heart disease using donor semilunar valves showed valve growth matching patient development in infants. Transplanted valves functioned well over time, with no ...

When Dr. Brittany Clayborne's 13-year-old son Micah came home from school in December 2023, she asked him if he wanted to play football outside. It was one of his favorite hobbies. But Micah said he ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two university hospitals are pioneering new ways to expand lifesaving heart transplants for adults and babies — advances that could help recover would-be heart donations that too ...

Owen Monroe was born with a deadly heart defect. Thanks to a cutting-edge surgery, now he’s starting preschool. By Simar Bajaj Owen Monroe was born blue. The arteries in his heart that transport blood ...