Mike Arnold called himself "Iron Man" last May. It was a joke, with some truth attached. He was in a hospital bed at CHI Health Nebraska Heart in Lincoln where a high-tech gadget called a left ...

Doctors told Chevon Byfield that he only had a few months to live. His heart would give out by Thanksgiving. But 10 years later, Byfield is still alive, waiting for an organ donor. His failing heart ...

Las Vegas, NV - The preliminary results from a large prospective study of cardiac function during left ventricular assist device (LVAD) support have found that left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF ...

Two years ago, on a family skiing trip to Colorado, Toby Wise was struggling to keep up. Wise, 45, had always been in good health, played football in high school and played in a softball league and a ...

Ventricular resection can significantly improve your life span if you have severe heart failure due to an enlarged left ventricle. If you have an enlarged heart (also known as cardiomegaly), it means ...

WILKES-BARRE — Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for its ventricular assist device destination therapy program. GWV is the only hospital ...