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A mother of eight received a heart transplant at the University of Michigan Health on her 48th birthday after years of living with a failing heart.

About 3,500 people in the United States are waiting for a new heart. Tragically, some will die before a heart becomes available.

Explore the effectiveness of hearts donated after circulatory death for transplantation in a recent study, which found no substantial difference in adverse effects or survival rate

Complications after a minimally invasive balloon pulmonary angioplasty have decreased substantially over the last decade for patients with high blood pressure in their pulmonary arteries caused by chronic blood clots, known as CTEPH. The procedure, which is offered for patients who are not candidates for surgery, involves inflating a balloon inside of diseased lung arteries to break up clots and restore blood flow to the lungs.

A team of surgeons is celebrating the opening of a second cardiovascular surgery clinic in Grand Rapids. 

Our roundup of the latest news from metro Detroit and Michigan businesses as well as announcements from government agencies.

If you weren’t familiar with the term “ECMO” before March 2020, chances are you’ve heard it once or twice (or dozens of times) in the two years since then. That’s because the devastating impact of COVID-19 on respiratory, cardiovascular and other organ systems has called for more frequent use of ECM