Gino Marcantonio has two things to be thankful for that helped save his life when he collapsed from a heart attack on Jan. 21 in his mother’s house. One is technology: Hartford Hospital’s ECMO on the ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Providence St. Patrick Hospital's new extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine improves care for patients in critical need. The machine takes blood from the patient, ...

James Manzi is lucky to be alive. When the 79-year-old Brentwood, California, resident arrived at Ronald Reagan UCLA [University of California, Los Angeles] Medical Center's emergency room in full ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Every year, more than 800,00 Americans have a heart attack and about half don't make it. At Regions Hospital however, a machine that increases survival is becoming more readily ...

SAN FRANCISCO — One of the scariest parts of bypass surgery — having your heart stopped and going on a heart-lung machine while doctors fix your clogged arteries — is safe even in the elderly and ...