The cardiovascular system, also known to some as the circulatory system, consists of the heart, blood vessels, and blood. Learn more about it here.

Stories like these have emerged as the transplant system has increasingly turned to a type of organ removal called donation after circulatory death.

In a May letter to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, HRSA said it has received reports of high-risk donations after circulatory death procurement practices at several other organ ...

The US Department of Health and Human Services said Monday that it’s undertaking an initiative to reform the country’s organ donation system after a federal investigation found that one ...

Cardiac allotransplantation is warranted in children with end-stage heart failure or irreparable congenital heart disease. A dearth of organs for transplantation has contributed to long wait-list t ...

Critical organs like your brain, kidneys, liver and heart, plus all muscle tissue, are dependent on your circulatory system to function normally and survive.

US organ donation system faces scrutiny and changes after reports of disturbing near-misses One issue being reviewed is how doctors are sure when it’s time to withdraw life support from a dying ...

Researchers have shown they might be able to salvage more donated lungs by borrowing a pig’s circulatory system.

Taking stock of the organ donation system in Mass. after alarming reports elsewhere 04:22 July 26, 2025 Sharon Brody Rob Lane ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. is developing new safeguards for the organ transplant system after a government investigation found a Kentucky group continued preparations for organ donation by some ...