A minimally invasive procedure gives one patient a second chance — and signals major strides in cardiovascular care.

Ferenc Jakab needed heart surgery, and a robot was called into action. The 60-year-old Ontario resident had been monitoring a heart murmur for over 20 years, checking in with his doctor every ...

Heart bypass surgery is when a surgeon takes a blood vessel from another part of your body to go around, or bypass, a blocked artery. The result is that more blood and oxygen can flow to your ...

Midazolam is a medicine that helps people relax or fall asleep before surgery. It works so well that many patients don’t ...

The patient’s bad heart was pulled underneath his breastbone and through his abdomen, with the transplanted heart going up ...

Pioneers of Heart Surgery For most of history, the human heart has been regarded as a forbidden organ too delicate to tamper with. It might have remained so, were it not for World War II.

When you’re facing a life-changing moment such as heart surgery, that reassurance can be very comforting.” When Kim went in for her surgery in November 2024, she experienced this finely tuned ...

During open heart surgery, the surgeon will work directly on your heart to fix your heart valve. Before surgery you’ll be given general anaesthetic. This is like being asleep and you do not feel any ...

HOUSTON — Guardians’ first baseman Kyle Manzardo left the team Sunday night to be with his mother who is undergoing heart ...