An 86-year-old woman from Iowa became the first person in Nebraska to undergo a new heart valve replacement procedure, ...

In patients with advanced heart failure, left ventricular assist device implantation was linked to better 2-year survival ...

Shana Hale, a Brooklyn mother of two and a technology executive, noticed a mild burning sensation in her chest during her ...

According to the National Institutes of Health, CM-AVM syndrome is a rare genetic vascular disorder. Two-year-old Harper ...

Barb Barnes faced a very difficult moment in 2005, after she underwent major open heart surgery. A nurse helped her through ...

Oklahoma Heart Institute offers new no-surgery heart valve replacement Doctors at Oklahoma Heart Institute are now offering a newly FDA-approved heart valve replacement that requires no open-heart ...

AIIMS conducted a Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney (SPK) transplant on 35-year-old patient last month after a gap of 18 years, ...

After surviving cardiac arrest as a baby following open-heart surgery, 7-year-old Walker is now waiting for a life-saving ...

After months of dizziness and arms aching so badly she could barely walk her dog, Susan Glannan lay stunned in a sunny hospital room as a doctor told her she should have open heart surgery. The idea ...

A new robotic system, the da Vinci 5, allows surgeons to observe and collaborate on surgeries remotely in real time. This technology enables less-invasive heart bypass surgeries by entering through ...

A North Texas hospital is testing robotic exoskeleton technology on a new group of patients recovering from major surgery. Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas has launched what it says is the ...

Jean Smart ignored the early warning signs of her heart problems — until doctors told her the situation was critical. The Emmy-winning actress, 74, is now revealing she underwent emergency ...