The balloon pump can help improve the heart’s ability to pump blood as it needs to. Through a surgical procedure, the device is inserted through your leg into the heart. This is a short-term ...

But a new study finds that patients who have their hips and knees replaced have a dramatically increased risk of suffering a heart attack in the first weeks after their surgeries. The Centers for ...

The balloon device can both map and ablate over large areas of the heart simultaneously, using integrated arrays of multifunctional sensors and ablation electrodes. Cardiologists may soon be able ...

A little while ago, cardiologists improved open-heart surgery by using super thin, flexible balloon catheters – or tubes inserted into the body to eliminate blockage in blood vessels and to ...

Intra-aortic balloons are typically used in the first few days of in-hospital recovery after an interventional heart surgery, heart attack or other major cardiac event that can keep the heart from ...

Graffiti artist Banksy's seventh work in his month-long artist's series in New York City is a Band-Aid-covered heart balloon floating on a wall in Brooklyn. The piece is accompanied by an audio ...