Pericardiocentesis, also called a pericardial tap, is a procedure in which a needle and catheter remove fluid from the pericardium, the sac around your heart. The fluid is tested for signs of ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) _ The first human recipient of a self-contained artificial heart went back to surgery to drain fluid from his chest, his doctors said. University of Louisville surgeons Laman Gray ...

A toddler has been recognized as the sole person globally diagnosed with an extremely rare disease, discovered during her mother's 36-week pregnancy scan. Stacie Hammond, 45, went for her 36-week scan ...

A mother-of-three was left fighting for her life after Covid-19 'crushed her heart' with fluid and prevented it from pumping blood around her body. Gillian Escott, from Basingstoke, suffered a ...

PARIS — Two experimental, fully implantable systems under development are designed to address the problem of pathologic fluid overload in heart failure, a major cause of heart failure–related deaths. ...

An apple a day may keep the doctor away, but an at-home catheter system from BD has the potential to keep the entire hospital away. The PeritX system allows patients with ascites to regularly drain ...

A little girl who is the only person in the world diagnosed with an ultra-rare disease only has weeks left to live as ...

An embolism is anything that blocks a blood vessel and makes it difficult or impossible for your blood to flow normally. One type of embolism is a “fat” embolism. These happen when fat particles get ...

They weren’t looking for a diagnosis, the middle-aged woman explained. Her husband had a diagnosis. They just wanted help figuring out why, even with all the treatments he was getting, he wasn’t ...