Your circulatory system works all day, every day, to pump oxygen throughout your body. There are cardiovascular conditions that can impact this system. Your circulatory system, also known as your ...

Brain activity has been detected up to an hour after cardiac arrest, challenging long-held beliefs about when death truly occurs.

Your lower legs do much more than just keep you upright and moving through the day. Science reveals that your calf muscles ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Outcomes were similar for transplants of donor hearts after circulatory death vs. transplants of donor hearts ...

The aorta, a large blood vessel responsible for transporting oxygenated blood from the heart to the rest of the body, plays a crucial role in our circulatory system. While it has long been known that ...

Transplants from circulatory-death donor hearts assessed with a perfusion machine did just as well as those procured after brain death and cold storage, a randomized trial showed. Recipients of a ...

A cardiac arrest is also called a cardiopulmonary arrest or circulatory arrest and indicates a sudden stop in effective and normal blood circulation due to failure of the heart to pump blood. Cardiac ...

Shortage of organs limits the number of heart transplantations performed; waiting-list mortality is 10–12% per year in Europe and the USA Adoption of donation after circulatory determination of death ...

The Kyle J. Taylor Foundation hosted free heart screenings at Saratoga High School on Saturday, coinciding with National ...