Over the past century, heart operations that once were unthinkable have become commonplace. Thousands of times a day, ...

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PARMA, Ohio -- The Society of Thoracic Surgeons has awarded University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute with its highest designation for quality outcomes for isolated Coronary Artery ...

Lev'Veon Jones-White was a healthy, 10-year-old athlete when his heart stopped in August, and he nearly died. Doctors at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital tried CPR for an hour, but his heart would not ...

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A ventricular resection is a type of surgery that removes scar tissue or a tumor from a heart chamber to restore function. Often, a reconstruction or repair procedure follows this. The heart has four ...

PHOENIX — Imagine having a heart condition so severe you can’t walk to your mailbox — and then being told you’re too sick for treatment. That’s been the reality for thousands of people suffering from ...

A large-scale clinical trial found that intravenous infusion of exenatide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analog medication, during heart surgeries involving bypass did not significantly reduce the ...