The chaotic beginnings of the tool that made heart surgery possible

Over the past century, heart operations that once were unthinkable have become commonplace. Thousands of times a day, ...
Medical News Today

Bypass vs. open heart surgery: How do they differ?

Bypass surgery is a type of open-heart surgery. Surgeons may use several different types of bypass surgeries to repair or replace the heart. Open-heart surgery is an operation where surgeons repair or ...
Reuters

Bypass surgery safer using heart-lung pump: study

BOSTON (Reuters) - Allowing the heart to keep beating during coronary bypass surgery is riskier than stopping the heart and using a heart-lung machine to keep the patient alive, researchers reported ...
KTHV

Baptist Health receives new 'life-saving' heart and lung bypass machine

FORT SMITH, Ark. — The Fort Smith Baptist Health's new portable heart and lung bypass machine is "a life-saving piece of equipment," according to Dr. Hussam Hawamdeh. The Medical Director of ...
Business Wire

LivaNova Receives U.S. FDA 510(k) Clearance for Essenz Heart-Lung Machine for Cardiopulmonary Bypass Procedures

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LivaNova PLC (Nasdaq: LIVN), a market-leading medical technology and innovation company, today announced it received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance ...
MarketWatch

AHN Allegheny General Hospital reports strong health outcomes for patients who can stand, walk while receiving heart-lung bypass therapy

Pittsburgh Hospital Among Few in the Country to Implement Daily Mobilization and Exercise Regimens in Patients Supported by Extracorporeal Life Support PITTSBURGH, Dec. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- ...