FOR THE FIRST time, doctors have successfully completed a coronary artery bypass without cutting the patient open. They ...

The world’s first minimally invasive heart bypass procedure — done without cutting open the chest wall — has been performed ...

For the first time ever in a human, doctors have performed coronary artery bypass grafting without having to cut through the ...

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

In a world-first, a team of researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta, has successfully performed a coronary artery bypass - a normally open-heart ...

Look around you and you'll likely see someone who's had a problem with his or her heart. It's just that common. Fortunately, open-heart surgery has come a long way. Ida Foraker, of Enfield, learned ...

University of Virginia men’s lacrosse players know if they have routine matters to discuss with athletic trainer Rebecca Vozzo, they should contact her before 9 p.m. “For an emergency, you can call ...

One in 100 people have congenital heart disease, but Lacey says Millie’s case was unusual. “Millie’s case was a little bit different because the vast majority of congenital heart defects that require ...

Mother Martha Penturf holds her 4.5-month-old son Atlas, who had open heart surgery in November performed by Dr. Kristine J. Guleserian, as nurse practitioner Casey Cox opens his shirt showing his ...

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (Valley News Live) - February is American Heart Month. The goal is raising awareness that heart disease is the leading cause of death in the US, and it’s largely preventable. Valley ...

Dillon Schultz walked into University Medical Center earlier this month for his fourth pulmonary-valve replacement. Four days and one Tylenol later, the 18-year-old was back in class at summer school.

ROCHESTER, Minn. --The total hospital cost of mitral valve repair surgery -- from the time a patient is admitted to the hospital until release --is similar, whether performed through small port ...