Surgeons just performed the first open heart surgery without ever opening the chest. Here's how.

The unconventional method could be the future of heart surgeries.

Health Rounds: First human coronary bypass surgery performed without chest cracking

(This is an excerpt of the Health Rounds newsletter, where we present latest medical studies on Tuesdays and Thursdays.) Jan ...
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First-ever high-risk heart bypass performed without opening patient's chest is a success

A patient who needed lifesaving heart surgery has become the first person ever to receive a coronary artery bypass without ...

First minimally invasive coronary artery bypass achieved

For high-risk patients, the method could offer a safer alternative to open-heart surgery.
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US surgeons performed 1st robotic heart transplant without opening chest?

In March 2025, surgeons at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center in Houston, Texas, performed the first fully robotic heart transplant to take place in the United States. The operation avoided a ...
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75-year-old Austin woman among first to receive heart valve procedure

AUSTIN (KXAN) – At 75 years old, Lorraine Cook has lived through two heart attacks and a major open-heart surgery. Now retired, she says her latest experience with an innovative, non-surgical ...

Chicago Sinfonietta's MLK tribute concert 'Open Heart' celebrates resilience and community service

The performances honor the legacy of Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, a Black Chicago surgeon who performed the world's first ...
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Patients co-design world-first clinical trial to determine if invasive heart surgery monitoring helps or harms patients

Australians undergoing open-heart surgery could soon benefit from safer, simpler care and get home earlier thanks to the results of a world-first clinical trial led by Monash University’s Victorian ...