Doctors at Duke Health are working to cut down the time it takes for the smallest patients to get a heart transplant.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A baby boy born with a lethal heart condition underwent a life-changing partial transplant, believed to be the first in the world, ...

A Graham man became the second person in the world to receive the device, which provides a bridge to transplant A young Graham, N.C., father became the second person in the world to receive a BiVACOR ...

A groundbreaking milestone in medical science has been achieved with the world's inaugural partial heart transplant, marking the culmination of over a year of dedicated research by Duke Health. DURHAM ...

In a groundbreaking series of surgeries, doctors at Duke Health have successfully performed the world's first living mitral valve replacement, saving the lives of three young girls across North ...

Doctors from Duke Health have reported a medical breakthrough in which an infant that underwent what they say is the "world's first partial heart transplant" has not only survived but is thriving, one ...

Jerry Wargo’s heart was deteriorating last year, and he needed a transplant. But his doctor in Atlanta said that Wargo, at 68, was too old to be put on the heart transplant list there. His ...

A baby boy born with a lethal heart condition underwent a life-changing partial transplant, believed to be the first in the world, Duke Health reported. Now, more than four months since the operation, ...

A team at Duke Health has performed what is believed to be the world's first partial heart transplant, with the living arteries and valves from a freshly donated heart fused onto a patient's existing ...