Researchers discover new opportunities for preventing kidney injury following cardiac surgery.

A patient with severe aortic stenosis receives a specialized surgery to save his life at Michigan Medicine.

A group of students from Detroit’s Cody High School spent a week immersed in the world of cardiovascular medicine and science, learning about possible careers and shadowing experts at University of Michigan Health’s Frankel Cardiovascular Center. The Careers in Cardiovascular Science and Medicine Program began began in 2022.

As the number of heart transplants performed across the United States continues to grow, surgeons at the U-M Health are taking advantage of technology that could increase its transplant yield by as much as 30%. Transplant surgeons in Ann Arbor completed the health system’s first heart transplant using an organ from a donor who had recently died — a process called donation after circulatory death, or DCD.

Surgeons in Zambia completed the country’s first total aortic arch replacement – guided by a team from University of Michigan Health. The six-person surgical team traveled from Ann Arbor to Africa in late February to co-lead this case and several others at National Heart Hospital, a government-established, 120-bed facility in Lusaka, Zambia.

A Michigan Medicine study finds that Black and socioeconomically disadvantaged patients with a common vascular disease have more severe symptoms before bypass surgery – and are at greater risk for amputation and other complications after the procedure.

New research from Michigan Medicine suggests that antiphospholipid antibodies may increase the risk of heart disease in otherwise healthy people. Learn more about the study and its implications for heart health.

For chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, also known as CTEPH, balloon pulmonary angioplasty is a novel, nonsurgical treatment which has seen a significant reduction in complications in recent years.

Cardiologist-approved heart tips for a healthier life from Michigan Medicine.

Amy Bacon was inspired to go to college after her heart transplant. She now has three academic degrees and is working on a fourth while also educating teenagers about the importance of organ transplants.

How cannabis and alcohol affect your heart, according to top health care specialists at Michigan Medicine.

For an abdominal aortic aneurysm, female patients have a higher risk for kidney damage after endovascular repair, a Michigan Medicine study finds.

From heart arrhythmias, high blood pressure and heart failure, mobile apps can provide a snapshot into heart disease

For chest pain, a cardiologist from University of Michigan Health discusses other potential causes of the symptom.

Heart failure patients get back to a longer, more fulfilling life, thanks to VAD technology