The advancements of minimally invasive cardiac surgery for seniors often give them a better chance for a speedy recovery, as ...

Every year, more than 12,000 Australians undergo open heart surgery—an hours-long medical procedure during which surgeons go ...

Using a catheter to repair or replace a valve is a fairly recent breakthrough in the world of interventional cardiology. Early on, it was a procedure reserved largely for patients with a faulty aortic ...

Background Cardiac surgery carries a heightened risk of bradyarrhythmias, but current permanent pacemaker (PPM) implantation ...

LISBON, Portugal—One of the first presentations at Europe’s annual cardiothoracic surgery conference was not about a new technique or device, but whether the revolutionary obesity medications ...

Patients at Glasgow's Royal Hospital for Children will have their heart surgery carried out at other 'carefully chosen sites' in the UK.

Chris Pine tells the story of the maverick doctors who pioneered open-heart surgery in iHeartPodcasts' 'Cardiac Cowboys.' ...

Heart surgeons meticulously scrub their hands for precisely one minute before each operation. This scientifically backed ...

Filmmaker Roshan Abbas shares his life-saving experience with robotic heart surgery. He had seven blockages but no prior ...

Joe Serra received a quintuple bypass surgery after surviving a heart attack and wanted to give back to the hospital.