Researchers say they have been able to tap a new pool of organ donors to preserve and transplant their hearts: people whose hearts have stopped beating, resulting in so-called circulatory death.

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Pioneering research by experts at the University of Sydney, the Baird Institute and the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in ...

Cardiovascular or circulatory diseases are those that involve the heart or blood vessels. Comprising everything from coronary artery diseases, such as heart attacks and angina, to strokes, aneurysms ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Outcomes were similar for transplants of donor hearts after circulatory death vs. transplants of donor hearts ...

When a doctor listens to someone's heartbeat, they typically hear a characteristic sound: "lub-dub, lub-dub." In some people, though, this two-tone heartbeat is accompanied by whooshing or rasping ...

Many heart patients recall subtle symptoms weeks before a major event. Jaw pain, unexplained fatigue, or breathlessness are ...

Patients do just as well when they receive a heart donated after circulatory death (DCD) as compared with one donated after brain death (DBD), results from a new randomized trial show. Six months ...