"To realize something can happen that you never see coming, and it could be over...everything became more precious." ...

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

Beetroot juice is another excellent choice for heart health. It contains nitrates which assist in widening blood vessels and ...

A team has developed a plastic surgical field expansion plate that can help surgeons during robot-assisted heart surgery.

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 ...

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

Arley is only the 4th child to undergo fetal heart surgery for a pericardial teratoma at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Jorge A. Miranda, MD, a highly skilled vascular surgeon with expertise in complex limb salvage procedures, is joining The ...

Over the past century, heart operations that once were unthinkable have become commonplace. Thousands of times a day, surgeons graft arteries, fix structural defects or transplant entire hearts.

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

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 ...

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