By: Marc Sakwa, M.D., chief of cardiovascular surgery, MemorialCare Heart & Vascular Institute Thanks to advancements in technology and medication, such as lipid-controlling drugs, significant ...

Hadleigh is about four months old and has HLHS which is Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. The CDC says that HLHS affects ...

Sandra Bernhard revealed that she recently underwent open-heart surgery, then faked a heart attack on stage, during the first ...

"A patient came in after what was described as a 'head injury.' We realized how bad it was after seeing a plastic grocery bag ...

Freddie Flintoff has been hailed an inspiration for bravely sharing his horror injuries for the first time in graphic images.

eliminating the need for open-heart surgery. Consultant Cardiac Surgeon at KIMS, Amit Kumar Agarwal, recently performed a minimally invasive mitral valve replacement on a 55-year-old patient, Kalia ...

Julia Butterworth, of Leeds, is recovering after heart surgery last year. Contact was made with medical professionals around the world to see if anyone could help and later that month, a ...

This process occurred to ensure children who were critically ill and needed emergency or life-saving surgery could be treated first. The research published in Open Heart suggests that this ...

After undergoing two open-heart surgeries in a year ... After a nearly five-hour surgery to replace his aortic valve, Szeremet said it was not only a physical setback but a mental one as well.

In adults, a typical resting heart rate is 60 to 100 beats per minute, but structural or electrical disorders of the heart can cause it to rise or fall. Medications, a lack of sleep, and stress ...

However, it all almost came crashing down after he was diagnosed with endocarditis and underwent his first of two open-heart surgeries just over a year ... Sign up for our Newsletters After a nearly ...