This month marks 50 years since surgeons at Stanford University placed the heart of a 43-year-old man in a 54-year-old patient — the first adult heart transplant performed in the United States. That surgery followed […]
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A New Tool For Offbeat Hearts
When the heart quivers, you could be suffering from an ailment more serious than love sickness. But a new tool coming to Philadelphia today could help to mend the organ. Atrial fibrillation, or AFib, is […]