When the infection is so severe that the lungs are melting, they’re irrecoverably damaged," said thoracic surgeon Ankit ...

Northwestern Medicine surgeons kept a 33-year-old man alive for 48 hours without lungs using a Total Artificial Lung system ...

For two days, the patient lived as a human being with no lungs, stabilized by a machine that breathed and buffered his ...

The team's total artificial lung system, or TAL, bought the man precious time until a double lung transplant was viable.

A new artificial lung system might keep people without lungs alive for weeks. Like real lungs, tubes and pumps oxygenate ...

Humans can't live without lungs, but Ankit Bharat's patient did for 48 hours.

U.S. medical staff achieved an unprecedented feat by completely removing both lungs of a man in his 30s whose lung function ...

In 2023 thoracic surgeon Ankit Bharat was working at Northwestern Memorial Hospital when he was drafted to help a 33-year-old ...

VIENNA — Survival rates at 1 and 5 years for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) who receive bilateral lung and heart-lung transplants are similar, said researchers presenting at the ...

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When developing longevity is your priority over one-rep maxes and timed-run events, consider the three most important “organs” on which to focus your training: heart, lungs and legs. The combination ...