DETROIT – There have been many technological breakthroughs in recent years that have helped get lifesaving organs to patients -- the latest combines a newer technology with a very exciting new ...

A medical team at National Taiwan University Hospital reports that they’ve completed the first beating heart transplant—a procedure in which a donor heart experiences no reduced blood flow during ...

VALHALLA, Westchester County (WABC) -- Ricardo Acuna has a simple message for the organ donor who gave him a second chance at life. "Thank you for the new heart," he said. The 62 year old is the ...

A new transplant procedure could be the answer to enhancing access and successful outcomes for patients in need of a new heart. Known as a beating-heart transplant, the process reduces the times a ...