As surgery on the body’s most vital organs, the brain and heart, has become more daring and more effective, it has also become more complex. Each new mechanical or electronic aid to the surgeon’s ...

Four teams were assembled at Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute to save a mother. — -- In any emergency medical procedure, doctors are quick to make a plan and jump into action. But for the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHICAGO — For many patients, the fear of ...

A coroner said in a report that Jean Dye, 77, “would have survived” if the operating room didn’t lose power Getty Jean Dye, 77, went into surgery for a stent in order to treat an underlying heart ...

Of the two heart valve surgeries Janice Smith has had at OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital, the second was much easier for her. "I had a good experience both times," the 86-year-old said. "It's just that ...

Deaconess Hospital’s new hybrid room gives surgeons a good look into your heart before they operate, helping them figure out the least invasive method to treat patients. Vascular surgeon Dr. Jaideep ...

Baby Dylan, from Sheffield, was born via emergency caesarean section on 28 July 2025, but he wasn’t crying properly when he ...

As Korea prepares to enforce a new Nursing Act, veteran perfusionists who help stop and restart hearts during surgery face legal uncertainty, putting the future of critical cardiac operations and ...

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 ...

Open-heart surgery is a general term that refers to any surgery where a surgeon accesses the heart by opening the chest. They will make an incision in the chest and then cut through the breastbone and ...