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Grandmother gets new lease on life from heart pump, pig kidney

A grandmother on the brink of death received an experimental surgery earlier this month, getting a new heart valve and a kidney from a gene-edited pig

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Surgeons perform first combined heart pump and pig kidney transplant

The first transplant surgery to combine a mechanical heart pump as well as a gene-edited pig kidney has been completed at NYU Langone Health, the system said Wednesday.

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New Jersey woman gets first-ever pig kidney transplant with mechanical heart pump

New Jersey native Lisa Pisano has gotten a new lease on life, thanks to a combined transplant of a mechanical heart pump and a gene-edited pig kidney.

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First patient receives combined pig kidney transplant, heart pump

Doctors in New York City performed the first-ever combined heart pump implant and pig kidney transplant on a terminally ill patient. Surgeons at NYU Langone Health carried out the first-of-its-kind operation on Lisa Pisano in two stages over the course of nine days earlier this month, according to a Wednesday statement from NYU Langone. Pisano,…

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Study shows atrial fibrillation more dangerous in younger population

Atrial fibrillation (Afib), a common type of arrhythmia that is on the rise in people under the age of 65, is more dangerous in this increasingly younger population than previously thought, according to a new study published today in Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology and authored by physician-scientists at the UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute.

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Atrial Fibrillation Common Among Young Individuals

Younger patients with Afib faced higher hospitalization rates for heart failure, stroke, or heart attack, along with elevated comorbidity and mortality rates.

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