Delaying noncardiac surgeries for three to six months following a heart attack appears safer for those who undergo ...

Amy Grant is reflecting on her health after undergoing open-heart surgery and suffering a brain injury following a bike crash ...

His condition was so critical that he spent only two weeks on the transplant priority list before learning that a donor heart ...

People aged 67 and older face double to triple the risk of life-threatening complications -- like a stroke or a second heart ...

Open heart surgery is a medical procedure where a heart surgeon cuts your chest open to easily access the heart and fix any problems with it. About 2 million people undergo open heart surgery ...

But then their local cardiologist sent the case to doctors at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) in the hopes that ...

Jim Twigg was moments away from the operating room when he had some major second thoughts. But after a little prodding from his wife of 48 years, reason overpowered anxiety and he underwent surgery at ...

Robot-assisted heart surgery usually requires an assistant at the operating table to help the surgeon insert the robot arm ...

The pediatric cardiology department at Graz University Hospital has achieved a minor sensation: four weeks after her birth, ...

The moment Kirsten Dorsey realized she would deliver her second child and have open-heart surgery on the same day, her heart ...

LISBON, Portugal—Patients who undergo a cardiac prehabilitation prior to elective surgery or procedures via a smartphone app have a lower incidence of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) ...

Nov. 11, 2024 — Fear of another heart attack was a significant ongoing contributor to how heart attack survivors perceive their health, according to a study. While anxiety and depression are ...