For high-risk patients, the method could offer a safer alternative to open-heart surgery.

This surgery is ideal for patients who may be deemed inoperable or at high risk for open heart surgery. For patients like Ms.

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

Runner gets open-heart surgery after childhood congenital heart defect surgery. Feb. 6, 2013— -- Like many relatively recent college graduates, Jane Lee wasn't always on top of her doctor's ...

Luciano Reynaga was delivered just minutes after undergoing heart surgery. When Megan Wild delivered her son Luciano, she experienced not only childbirth but also a medical first. During her delivery, ...

Recently, 12 students from West Shamokin High School’s AP Biology and Anatomy classes traveled to Allegheny General Hospital ...

It’s a serious heart defect that can cause blood to flow into the wrong part of the heart chamber, and up until recently, it ...

"It wasn’t that dramatic,” the 69-year-old said of the surgery Daniel Wright/Shutterstock Sandra Bernhard said she underwent open-heart surgery The performer said her procedure was scheduled in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...