A Georgia mother is navigating life on her own after her premature daughter, Camilla, underwent open heart surgery at only ...

Robotic-assisted cardiac surgery (RACS) is revolutionizing the landscape of cardiovascular interventions through technological precision, minimally invasive techniques, and improved clinical outcomes.

For the first time in India, doctors at Rajasthan Hospital, Jaipur have successfully replaced a heart valve through the ...

For VUMC, modern cardiac surgery began in 1971, when the institution recruited three pivotal figures: Harvey Bender, MD, to lead Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery; Gottlieb “Bud” Friesinger II, MD, to lead ...

Willie Geist wraps up Sunday TODAY by sharing mug shots sent in by viewers. This week, Willie gives a shout out to Dr.

Heart bypass surgery is when a surgeon takes a blood vessel from another part of your body to go around, or bypass, a blocked artery. The result is that more blood and oxygen can flow to your ...

Cardiac surgeons perform surgery on the heart, the aorta, the pulmonary vein, and other important structures related to cardiac health. They do not typically diagnose heart disease.

The disparities affect other forms of cardiac treatment and surgery, too. Women have worse outcomes than men five years after receiving a stent, a 2020 review of randomized trials reported. Image ...

At least five pediatric heart surgery programs across the country were suspended or shut down in the last decade after questions were raised about their performance; a Florida institution run by ...

“There are specific things that the cardiac surgery program could be doing better but clearly is not,” said Jha, referring to the results from mid-2016 to mid-2017.

The two-year Congenital Cardiac Surgery Fellowship at Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine is one of only 16 ACGME-approved congenital heart surgery fellowships in the United ...