At Sanford Health in Bismarck, doctors have now performed 500 transcatheter aortic valve replacements, known as TAVR.

Testing of the device has been done by connecting it to hoses that carry the artificial blood in a loop. Surgeons at St Vincent's Hospital tested for compatibility with real human hearts, by ...

How 3-D imaging could change heart surgery in the future. ... “The challenge is to print something high-quality that re-creates the function of real human heart muscle,” he says.

1958 KPIX 5 Live Broadcast Of Open Heart Surgery -- Part 4 . Camera 2 was fixed on the surgical team and Camera 3 was on a tripod with wheels and could be moved around.