Stacks of papers detailing pre- and post-surgery instructions for some New Brunswick cardiac patients may be a thing of the past. Horizon Health Network is taking on a national app that digitizes ...

As a former cardiac nurse, she knew the potential dangers of her condition. “I didn’t want to wait too long to have the surgery and end up with [permanent] damage to my heart,” she says.

School of Medicine, an international, multi-site clinical study led by an IU School of Medicine researcher and ...

Short-lived lesions sometimes appear in the brain following heart surgery — and now, a new trial hints that they might be ...

Province also committing to release quarterly reports on patients who die while waiting for a cardiac surgery. CBC News · Posted: Apr 11, 2025 8:49 PM EDT | Last Updated: April 12.

Heart institute researchers Dr. Marcelo Muñoz, right, and Dr. Deyanira Hernandez Sanchez were inspired by how churros are made to create a device that could revolutionize coronary bypass surgery ...

Results: Among 62 375 patients, 41 729 patients were part of the derivation data set and 20 583 were part of the validation data set. Of the total, 3033 (4.9%) died or had an unplanned cardiac ...

Postoperative cardiac tamponade is a rare complication of postpericardiotomy syndrome that most commonly presents early (< 7 d after surgery), but can also occur late (> 7 d) in 1%–12.6% of patients.8 ...

Barry Jackson, a longtime track coach in New Jersey, is recovering from open-heart surgery, but he isn't done coaching yet.

A 31-year-old woman from Mumbai, eight months pregnant with twins, survived a rare and life-threatening heart condition after ...

Canadian researchers have pioneered a new way to mend a patient’s breastbone after open-heart surgery, using a Superman-strength glue that cuts healing time and reduces pain.