Texas Heart Institute Discusses Laser Technology Research and Advancements
In an interview with Photonics Media, Dr. Eduardo Hernandez shares his perspective on current laser technology research and highlights several...
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Texas Heart Institute Surgeon-Inventor Remembers the World’s First Artificial Heart Transplant
Cardiac surgeon and inventor, Dr. William “Billy” E. Cohn, shares his childhood memory of the world’s first artificial heart transplant...
Smithsonian Magazine Highlights the History of the Total Artificial Heart
Texas Heart Institute founder Dr. Denton A. Cooley performed the world’s first total artificial heart implant on April 4, 1969,...
Texas Heart Institute Invention Receives FDA Clearance
A new device invented by Texas Heart Institute (THI) became the first and only device to be cleared by the FDA for early...
Texas Heart Institute researchers uncover new ways to regenerate heart tissue after injury
Researchers in the Texas Heart Institute’s Cardiomyocyte Renewal Laboratory are a step closer to possibly restoring the regenerative properties of...
Mediterranean diet #1 in US News & World Report Rankings
January 2, 2019 | The Mediterranean diet received Best Overall Diet and Best Heart-Healthy Diet in the 2019 US News & World...
THI Executive Receives Texas A&M Biomedical Engineering Department First Outstanding Alumni Award
The Department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University presented its first Outstanding Alumni Award to our Office of Research...
Dr. Razavi Mentors Rice Bioengineering Students
Dr. Mehdi Razavi, Director of Clinical Electrophysiology Research & Innovations is mentoring Rice University bioengineering students hoping to make defibrillators more...
Dr. Coulter Talks Differences in Heart Disease Between Men & Women
Director of the Center for Women’s Heart & Vascular Health, Dr. Stephanie Coulter, shares insights from her team’s research on...
Innovating to Make ICDs Less Painful
Dr. Mehdi Razavi and his team in the Electrophysiology Clinical Research & Innovations lab are developing small chips that could...
Developing New Pacemaker Technology
Texas Heart Institute’s Electrophysiology Clinical Research & Innovations team has been working over the last several years with partners at...
THI Engineer aims to radically improve devices for heart failure patients through global collaborations
Texas Heart Institute’s Alex Smith and his University of Houston (UH) mechanical engineering advisor for doctoral studies, professor Ralph Metcalfe,...
