The use of cryopreserved platelets is associated with higher perioperative blood loss, higher transfusion use, and longer ICU ...

The progress in cardiac surgery has opened up treatment choices for people with very different heart conditions. What once ...

Surgeons at Intermountain Health are testing a new approach to treat the ascending aorta — a critical artery once considered the “last frontier” of heart surgery.

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 ...

Discover how St. Elizabeth is transforming heart surgery with 3D 4K endoscopy—offering safer, less invasive procedures and faster recovery. Heart surgery is rapidly changing and St. Elizabeth ...

Open-heart surgery is a general term that refers to any surgery where a surgeon accesses the heart by opening the chest. They will make an incision in the chest and then cut through the breastbone and ...

Text Callout : Key Takeaways: Best Sleeping Positions After Open-Heart Surgery In 2014, seemingly healthy 24-year-old Brittany Williams suffered sudden cardiac arrest at a Manhattan restaurant. At the ...

Nagoya University researchers and their collaborators have found that minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery significantly reduces blood loss and improves jaundice recovery compared to traditional ...

Anthony Geary, best known for General Hospital, has died at 78 following post-surgery complications. Reports say he could not ...