Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt insertion is associated with a lower risk for short-term mortality in patients ...

Transcatheter implants designed to alleviate high left atrial (LA) pressures — which, as a possible way to treat heart failure (HF) once seemed like a long shot — are emerging as new stars of heart ...

Children born with defects that impair the heart's lower chambers undergo a series of invasive surgeries early in life. The first surgery includes implantation of a plastic tube called a shunt to ...

Children born with defects that impair the heart's lower chambers undergo a series of invasive surgeries early in life. The first surgery includes implantation of a plastic tube called a shunt to ...

The human heart is similar to a pump that maintains the circulation of oxygenated blood in the body. But sometimes, due to structural problems, blood may flow in the wrong direction inside the heart.

Patients with heart failure who had a small shunt inserted between the heart's left and right atria did not see any significant benefits overall compared with those who received a placebo procedure ...

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunting improved walking speed, gait, and balance in older adults with idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus, the PENS trial showed. At 3 months, gait velocity increased ...

A medical device company seeking to commercialize a less invasive treatment for hydrocephalus — a condition caused by excess fluid buildup in the brain — secured $85 million in Series C financing on ...