Where a patient undergoes heart surgery can significantly affect their risk of infection following the procedure, with some ...

Heart valves can be replaced with open heart surgery or with less invasive procedures that don’t require your chest to be opened. Known as transcatheter valve replacement, this type of procedure has ...

Dr. Jerome McDonald, a heart surgeon at DCH, recently performed his 100th heart surgery at the Tuscaloosa medical center.

Results do not support routine closure of the left atrial appendage in all patients undergoing open-heart surgery, but those at high stroke risk may benefit. This was the main conclusion of the ...

Nearly 200 U.S. facilities were eligible for these rankings. Each one is either a freestanding children’s hospital or a large ...

When doctors tell patients they’ll access their heart through the groin, many react with confusion or concern. Yet this approach, known as the transfemoral method, has become a cornerstone of modern ...

Healthline contributor and former editor David Mills shares how an annual checkup with his cardiologist resulted in a surprising diagnosis that required open-heart surgery. Share on Pinterest “I ...

Irregular heartbeats, or arrhythmia, can significantly affect a person’s quality of life and overall health. When medication and lifestyle changes are ineffective, doctors may recommend surgery to ...

Around one in four heart surgery patients develop serious lung complications – but a new Adelaide-led study is testing a ...

Medicana Health Group’s Prof. Suat Büket, MD explains how selected bypass and heart-valve procedures can be completed without dividing the breastbone while maintaining the same surgical objective ...