In sharp contrast to earlier studies, patients with severe triple-vessel heart disease fared equally well whether they underwent open-heart bypass surgery (CABG) or a less invasive procedure called ...

CLEVELAND — When one thinks of heart bypass surgery-- a long chest scar, months of recovery, pain and often fear come to mind. Since December, about 55 patients have received a new, robotic approach ...

A Delhi-based cardiologist emphasizes that neglecting health in one's forties can lead to serious lifestyle diseases by the ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Outcomes following commonly performed heart procedures appear to have improved since the mid-1990s, researchers report based on data they analyzed. The data also show that ...

BOSTON, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Allowing the heart to keep beating during coronary bypass surgery is riskier than stopping the heart and using a heart-lung machine to keep the patient alive, researchers ...

When applied during open-heart bypass surgery, the results were impressive. "We were able to demonstrate that effects are mediated via this receptor that lead, on the one hand, to connective tissue ...

While February is American Heart Month, a Moorhead man has a story about a choice he made that saved his life. Curt Kasper of Moorhead was back at work for the first time since December following ...

Women over the age of 65 who require complex heart surgery are more likely than men to receive care at low quality hospitals - where they also die in greater numbers following the procedure, a ...

RALEIGH, N.C. — Nearly 70 percent of heart bypass surgeries in the United States use a small incision in the leg to harvest a vein for grafting into the heart, but the method now appears to ...

Stepping back into competitive sports after heart surgery sounds understandable, but for these athletes, it’s just part of ...