Cook surviving on artificial heart saved with donor heart in first-ever UCSF transplant
UCSF surgeons successfully implanted an artificial heart in a patient as a bridge to transplant, later replacing it with a donor heart, marking a first for the institution.
I'm 12 and had a heart transplant because of a disease that affects only 13 people'
An 11-year-old boy received a heart transplant after waking from a six-week coma caused by a rare LMNA gene-related muscular dystrophy affecting only approximately 13 people worldwide.
10-year-old patient walks the red carpet at children's hospital prom
Kolin Hummer, a 10-year-old waiting for a heart transplant, celebrated at the CHOP Prom, highlighting the importance of normalcy for hospitalized children.