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

Bypass surgery is a type of open-heart surgery. Surgeons may use several different types of bypass surgeries to repair or replace the heart. Open-heart surgery is an operation where surgeons repair or ...

Owen Monroe was 18 days old when he made history, becoming the first person in the world to receive a partial heart transplant. His groundbreaking surgery, performed in 2022, even captured the ...

Many minimally invasive procedures are available to treat problems with your heart. These procedures can fix issues like malfunctioning valves and blockages in your heart’s arteries. Traditional heart ...

With significant advancements in heart treatment, the days of open-heart surgery as the only option for complex heart conditions are mostly behind us. Today, minimally invasive procedures can be used ...

A South Carolina woman has a new lease on life after undergoing a revolutionary heart procedure. Patricia Harkey doesn’t want to reveal her age, but it played a big role in her decision to forgo open ...

Researchers have created a new noninvasive technique for performing a type of artery bypass that may change the future of ...

OGDEN – Kristi Gagnier said she went from near death one day to wanting to run a marathon the next. That’s how much better she felt after receiving a life-saving procedure at Intermountain McKay-Dee ...

When we think of heart surgery, we often think of last-minute, life-saving interventions. Operating on the heart is challenging and complex, so it’s not undertaken lightly. But heart surgery can also ...

In June, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge began offering a new option to heart patients with leaky tricuspid heart valves, a condition that doctors previously had few tools to treat.

The mere idea of heart surgery is enough to give anyone the shakes. Open-heart surgery used to be hard years ago. It had a long incision down the chest, weeks in the hospital, and a difficult recovery ...

Doctors in Ho Chi Minh City have successfully replaced an aortic valve and performed coronary bypass using full 3D endoscopy ...