Thomas Jefferson University Hospital is the first hospital in Pennsylvania, and one of the first in the U.S., to use the latest implantable cardiac device technology to treat patients who suffer from irregular heart beats and heart failure.

Clinical success rates and safety are similar between surgical residents and staff surgeons performing heart surgery.

Heart patients should be screened for depression -- a common condition that can profoundly affect both prognosis and quality of life.

In a recent study, nine pediatric patients with severe heart failure were successfully kept alive for an average of 35 days with miniaturized heart assist pumps while awaiting a heart transplant.

In a small study, miniaturized heart pumps helped keep children alive who were awaiting a heart transplant. The devices are not approved for general use in the United States.

Nearly 200 physicians, nurses and other caregivers from the University of Chicago Medical Center will participate in the American Heart Association's Start! Heart Walk.

When someone’s heart suddenly stops beating – a condition called cardiac arrest -- there’s a lot that bystanders and ambulance crews can do to get it started again. But if the victim doesn’t respond, when should such efforts stop?