A writer explores how a Jewish ritual changed her relationship with mortality. I had a hole in my chest. Three weeks had ...

What Happens During Minimally Invasive Heart Valve Surgery? Minimally invasive heart valve surgery is a type of surgery performed through smaller incisions. This type of surgery reduces blood loss ...

This kind of blind surgery—or closed heart surgery—spread to hospitals around the world. Impressive as the technique was, it made little difference to patients suffering from more serious ...

The fitting of artificial pacemakers is one of the most common types of heart surgery performed in the UK.

A first of its kind surgery to help people with a specific type of heart failure is going through clinical trials at Providence St. Vincent’s.

The treatment can vary, ranging from antihypertensive drugs to surgical procedures like heart valve replacement, coronary bypass surgery ... There are three major types of cardiomyopathy: For ...

A groundbreaking heart procedure at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital has made Maryland history. Joan Mertz, 83, became the first patient in the state to undergo an artificial heart valve replacement ...

“If medication can’t control heart disease, then it would typically need some kind of surgery, especially if there’s a severe event,” says Majure. The type of heart disease you have and ...

A local man was saved with just hours to spare after doctors at The Christ Hospital performed a bloodless heart surgery.Almost two years ago, Jim Parker, 65, of St. Leon, suffered an aortic ...