Artificial Heart

This channel includes news and new technology innovations for total artificial hearts (TAH). These technologies are used in cardiovascular surgery to temporarily or permanently replace the heart in advanced heart failure patients.

Here's a look at what viewers found most interesting during the month of May on DIcardiology.com

Feature | Cardiovascular Business | By Melinda Taschetta-Millane

Top 10: A Look at What Caught Your Eye in May

It's been a fruitful month for DIcardiology.com! Here's a look at what DAIC viewers found to be most interesting during ...

June 01, 2023

Transaction estimates a pre-money enterprise value of $480 million for Picard Medical

News | Artificial Heart

Picard Medical and its Subsidiary, SynCardia Systems, a Pioneer in Total Artificial Heart Technology, to Become a Publicly Traded Company via Merger with Altitude Acquisition Corp.

May 1, 2023 — Picard Medical, Inc. (“Picard Medical”), the parent company of SynCardia Systems, LLC (“SynCardia”), a ...

May 01, 2023

Researchers use a new, speckle-based, noninvasive technique to visualize microvasculature in donor hearts and detect abnormal blood flow

News | Cardiac Imaging

Laser Speckle Imaging can Identify Hearts Suitable for Transplantation

April 26, 2023 — In the majority of cases, graft failure after heart transplantation is attributable to abnormalities ...

April 26, 2023

GUARDIAN Registry data presented at ACC 2023 has shown use of the Paragonix SherpaPak Cardiac Transport System was associated with improved outcomes as compared to the use of traditional cold storage in LVAD patients undergoing Heart Transplantation

News | Heart Failure

Latest Clinical Evidence Points to Paragonix SherpaPak as a Tool to Reduce Unpredictable, Severe Complications following Heart Transplantation

April 6, 2023 — Paragonix Technologies, Inc., a leading organ transplant company, announces new research from a multi ...

April 06, 2023

TUM team develops first heart organoid containing cardiac muscle cells and outer layer of the heart wall

News | Artificial Heart

A Mini-Heart in a Petri Dish

April 4, 2023 — A team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has induced stem cells to emulate the development of ...

April 04, 2023

A joint team of researchers from POSTECH and Georgia Institute of Technology successfully created an engineered heart via 3D printing technology that allows for early monitoring of drug-induced cardiotoxicity

News | Medical 3-D Printing

In Vitro 3D Engineered Heart Tissue that Monitors Drug-induced Cardiotoxicity

March 29, 2023 — Cardiotoxicity is a clinical condition that arises from using pharmaceutical agents such as antibiotics ...

March 29, 2023

More donated hearts could be suitable for transplantation if they are kept functioning within the body for a short time following the death of the donor, new research has concluded.

News | Artificial Heart

Maintaining Heart Function in Donors Declared ‘Dead by Circulatory Criteria’ Could Improve Access to Heart Transplantation

March 17, 2023 — More donated hearts could be suitable for transplantation if they are kept functioning within the body ...

March 17, 2023

News | ACC

GE HealthCare to Present Continuum of Care Innovations in Cardiology at ACC.23/WCC

March 4, 2023 — GE HealthCare will present its latest technologies and innovations for use during the critical planning ...

March 04, 2023

Keith Lowry, 68, of Dunbar, Pa is recovering well from the procedure.

News | Artificial Heart

Allegheny Health Network Cardiovascular Institute Completes 500th Heart Transplant

February 17, 2023 — Allegheny Health Network’s (AHN) Cardiovascular Institute reached a significant milestone in cardiac ...

February 17, 2023

News | Cardiovascular Business

Renowned Cardiologist Honored for Medical Contributions in Heart Transplantation

February 17, 2023 — Internationally recognized cardiologist in heart transplantation Jon Kobashigawa, MD, director of ...

February 17, 2023

Patients seen at transplant centers had almost 80% higher odds to receive “bridge-to-transplant” designation

News | Heart Failure

Medicare Policy Change Could Increase Inequity in Heart Transplant Access, Study Finds

January 13, 2023 — A change to Medicare policy surrounding heart transplant may lead to increased inequities in access ...

January 13, 2023

UMSOM researchers display first genetically modified pig heart transplanted into living patient. Image courtesy of University of Maryland School of Medicine

News | Heart Failure

Unexpected Electrical Changes Seen in First Successful Transplant of Genetically-Modified Pig Heart

November 15, 2022 — Ten months after transplanting the first genetically-modified pig heart into a human patient ...

November 15, 2022

A new model developed by researchers can be used for a myriad of applications, most notably to evaluate the safety and efficacy of drugs on the cardiovascular system

News | Artificial Heart

Creating an 'Adult-Like' Mature Human Cardiac Tissue

August 15, 2022 — Researchers in the Biomedical Engineering Department at UConn have developed a new cardiac cell ...

August 15, 2022

This model heart ventricle, made with real living heart cells, beats strongly enough to pump fluid inside a tube. It can be used to study heart disease and test out potential therapies, without the need for invasive surgery.

News | Artificial Heart

Reverse Engineering the Heart: University of Toronto Engineering Team Creates Bioartificial Left Ventricle

July 14, 2022 — University of Toronto Engineering researchers have grown a small-scale model of a human left heart ...

July 14, 2022

University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers reported that surgery to remove the left ventricle apex of the heart of pigs, one day after birth, somehow extended the replication ability of heart muscle cells

News | Heart Failure

Changed Gene Expression After Heart Surgery Extends Cardiomyocyte Regeneration

June 29, 2022 — While lower vertebrates can repair their adult hearts after a heart attack, mammals — including humans — ...

June 29, 2022