Smaller than a grain of rice, this injectable device could allow for minimally invasive heart-surgery — plus, research ...

If you have an irregular heartbeat caused by atrial fibrillation (AFib), you may need surgery to restore your normal heart rhythm. This is called the maze procedure, a type of surgical ablation in ...

By Jessica Alpert I had a hole in my chest. Three weeks had passed since my open-heart surgery. My body was rejecting some of my stitches, spitting them out like rotten food. “It should heal on ...

Background Cardiac surgery carries a heightened risk of bradyarrhythmias, but current permanent pacemaker (PPM) implantation ...

In sharp contrast to earlier studies, patients with severe triple-vessel heart disease fared equally well whether they ...

The valve (cardiac sphincter) between your oesophagus and stomach will still be there ... Open surgery means the surgeon makes a larger cut in your tummy. Where the cut is depends on the type of ...

Heart bypass surgery is a new beginning for patients, significantly enhancing longevity and quality of life. It is performed when critical blockages are present and may involve angioplasty with ...

Normally, this type of surgery requires open-heart surgery, but MedStar doctors, led by Dr. John Wang and Dr. Brian Bethea, offered her a minimally invasive alternative. "The tricuspid valve is ...

Acyanotic heart diseases and cyanotic heart disease are the two types of CHDs ... correction or device implantation through ...