School of Medicine, an international, multi-site clinical study led by an IU School of Medicine researcher and ...

A children's heart surgery service is in a "precarious state" amid concerns over staffing, above-average death rates and an increase in major complications, a report has found.Leeds Teaching Hospitals ...

Barry Jackson, a longtime track coach in New Jersey, is recovering from open-heart surgery, but he isn't done coaching yet.

Cardiac surgeons perform surgery on the heart, the aorta, the pulmonary vein, and other important structures related to cardiac health. They do not typically diagnose heart disease.

After receiving life-saving blood and platelet donations during heart surgery, John Nanni has given blood platelets about ...

In this report on heart surgery safety, Consumer Reports explains what you need to know to stay safe, important when you know that hundreds of thousands of Americans get heart surgery each year.

Catheter ablation is the more common procedure. Types of cardiac catheter ablation Catheter ablation, also called radiofrequency or pulmonary vein ablation, isn't surgery.

Cardiac surgery is a lifeline for both patients and hospitals. It's one of the most profitable service lines in American medicine, generating an average of nearly $3.7 million in revenue per ...

Patients who have open heart surgery, for example, have their breastbone cut so surgeons can reach their heart. In minimally invasive heart surgery, doctors make small cuts (or incisions) between your ...

Taylor Swift’s dad, Scott Swift, is recovering from heart surgery. The 73-year-old underwent a quintuple bypass surgery over ...

Losing cardiac surgery could jeopardize Upstate’s status as Central New York’s only level 1 trauma center that provides around-the-clock care to seriously injured people in 14 counties.

The authors conclude that "cardiac surgery can be performed with low operative mortality and good mid-term survival in patients with Child-Pugh class A." Acceptable results are also possible with ...