The risk of early heart failure after heart transplantation is lower if the donor heart is stored in a so-called heart-in-a-box instead of in the usual cooler with ice. The risk of early heart failure ...

Northwestern Medicine joined only a handful of medical centers in the country last month in successfully performing a heart transplant using technology dubbed "heart in a box." The procedure used the ...

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A University of Gothenburg study shows that hearts stored using the heart-in-a-box technology significantly reduce the risk of early heart failure in transplant patients compared to traditional cold ...

“Ice is very bad for organ storage. It is very good to cool your beers in the summer, but it has no place in organ transplantation,” Lisa Anderson, CEO of Paragonix Technologies joked during an ...

PHOENIX (KSAZ) - Across the nation, there are nearly 1,500 people waiting for a life-saving lung transplant. Seven people on that list are in Arizona. The good news for those patients: Phoenix is home ...