NEW YORK — Doctors have transplanted a pig kidney into a New Jersey woman who was near death, part of a dramatic pair of surgeries that also stabilized her failing heart. Lisa Pisano’s combination of ...

Doctors have transplanted a pig kidney into a New Jersey woman who was near death, part of a dramatic pair of surgeries that also stabilized her failing heart. Lisa Pisano’s combination of heart and ...

There are new and revised warnings about the instructions for use of a certain type of heart pump that could lead to a risk of heart perforation, according to an alert issued by the pump's ...

Editor’s Note (7/9/24): Lisa Pisano passed away on July 7. The heart pump that was implanted in Pisano failed to supply enough blood to her transplanted pig kidney, and the organ was removed on May 29 ...

Doctors at Emory University Hospital have made history by becoming the first group in the U.S. to successfully implant a new experimental heart pump that is designed to help patients dealing with ...